Saturday, September 11, 2021

Dearest God,

I listened to the 9/11 remembrances and wept joining so many others who lost loved ones during the attack on September 11, 2001.  Such a horrible event to remember; yet, the goodness of many were reported then and even now.

Children followed their lost parent's lead by becoming fire fighters and police officers.  The accounts of love coming out of 9/11 are stunning.  I wept then too as I listened to their stories.

What I know to be true is this:  You are at work in the breakdown and the buildup.  You are in the loss and the gain.  You are in the darkness as well as the light.  I believe this so very much.  You are in it all.  We are never alone in the horror or the beauty.

Thank you,

Holy God,

for your

loving, living presence.

Without you

where would

we be?

Teach us

to stay close always.

Love, Andrea