Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Dear God,

My favorite theme in the bible is transformation.  I love transformation because it is the opportunity for second chances, an opportunity to be remade, reshaped and renewed.  It means things do not have to stay the way they are because there is a chance for change.

Right now I am refinishing an old table, maybe fifty, sixty years old and the stairway leading upstairs which is 200 years old.  Sanding for days is helping to clear the way for refurbishment.  As the old comes off in sandy dust, I think of what it is like to shake the dust off my past. 

I too have a lot of blemishes, flaws and ugly reminders of the "not-so-nice" parts of myself.  I need to rid myself of them, to remove them or at least clean them up so there is space for a do-over.  Now, several days into the project, I realize how long it takes to get rid of the unwanted debris.  This is the hardest part of the job.  It is your hardest part too, isn't it Living God?  Helping me clean up myself for a new look is not easy on your side of things either.

Transformation is not easy but worthwhile.  I want a new start in parts of my life.  I want to replace some darkness with light, some despair with hope and anger with peace.  

As I work on my projects, I discover I am also working on me.

Thank you,

Loving God,

for your

holy work

of cleansing.

Thank you

for reminding me

the stairs

and table

are not

the only things

needing change.

Do what

you will

to clean me up

so I

will be ready

to do

what you

want to do next.

Love, Andrea