Saturday, October 24, 2020

Dear God,

Joy is one of those things that can swell in the human soul.  It can start out as a bit of happiness but before long it can grow to much larger dimensions and last for a long, long time.

Today joy grew in my 85-year-old husband.  He looked forward to having his youngest son and his wife and son come to visit.  A bit apprehensive because the relationship can at times be a little caustic, nevertheless, he wanted him to come.  

After lunch and a zoom visit with his son's college-aged daughters, we began to play a board game.  Within minutes everyone was laughing and teasing.  By late evening, that bit of happiness had turned into an eternal-kind of joy.  As they drove away smiling and waving, Harold said, "I think that went well, don't you?"  With the smile on his face and joy in his heart, I simply whispered a prayer of thanksgiving to you, Great Joymaker.

Blessed are you,

Amazing God.

You create possibility

for joy

and then

you grow it.

You feed

your children

a diet 

of happiness,

joy and gladness.

Your love

is evident

when true joy

is present.

Yours, Andrea