Sunday, August 16, 2020

Dear God,

No one can make the human spirit soar like you.  You can turn us upside down, inside out and right side up.  You can sing us to life.

How many times have I felt myself drifting, afloat on a sea of indecision, frustration and fear?  So many times.  Although I tried it on my own for some time, I knew the only way forward would be to trust you completely.  When I did, when I fell on my face before you and poured out my troubles, you spoke peace to my soul and once again I committed myself to you.  In time I found my way which always leads me home to you.

Some days we just need to pause, give time and listen to the silence, the sacred silence, not just the absence of sound but the silence that is you.  In quiet moments, we breathe in your refreshing spirit, fall backward into your waiting arms and all we want to do is weep, release and let go.  When all that burdens us, holding us down and back is released, we are freed up to rise and rise and rise like a bird that takes flight on the breath of your living spirit.  We soar with them, with you.

Living Spirit God,

thank you

for the gift

of your

gracious, loving mercy.

No one

cares for us

like you.

When we

give you

our will

and follow

your way,

we can surrender

all that 

keeps us grounded.

Then like you

and with you

we rise

and fly

and soar

with your spirit.

Love, Andrea