Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Dear God,

So many things in human life speak to us of the spiritual life.  Today I worked on a 125-year-old hardware.  Caked with rust, dirt, paint and other dirty substances, I worked to strip it all away.  By evening the hardware was clean and ready to be put back on the old, old summer cupboard.  As humans we have much that needs removing in our lives as well.  We can be cleaned up and renewed too.

As I worked outside on the cupboard, I gazed at the plants rising out of the winter soil.  For months they lay quietly in the ground absorbing nutrients for strength to break the crusty soil and fulfill their role in creation.  In seasons of quiet rest, we too need to feed our spirit with prayer, confession and thanksgiving readying us for faith's growing season.

These are just two ways that your creation speaks to us of our need to work on our spirit life with you.  You give us signs and wonders to prod our spirit sensibilities because your desire is to move us toward a life you have created for us.  When we attend to our soul, we are following your call of love.

Gracious God,

you are full

of love

for us.

While we

are not worthy

of so

much attention,

you give it

to us anyway.

We are yours;

may our actions

display your hand

at work.

Love, Andrea