Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Dear God,

All day long I had to choose faith over fear!  I really do not like to fly.  Annoying, frightening thoughts rush into my mind before a flight; none of them ever good.  At the same time, you remind me it is simply a moment for choice.  Will I dwell on these troublesome scenes, or will I grab hold of faith exchanging one action for another?   I breathed and chose faith over fear.

This simple act of faith works!  As I whisper to you, Almighty God, "I choose faith over fear; I choose faith over fear," I know your power is enabling me to trust you for the fear I experience, real or imagined. Sometimes it is easy to trust.  At other times I have to really bolster my trust in you.

Today I learned my daughter has Covid.  With underlying conditions, I felt fear rise up within me.  As a chosen unvaccinated person, she came down with the dreaded disease.  My fear for her life and my anger at her for choosing not to be vaccinated threatened to overtake me.  But once again I heard your still small voice, "Can you trust me for this too, Andrea?"

Gracious and Merciful God,

thank you

for daily nudges

to choose you.

Thank you

for hope

and peace

that comes

when I

choose to

trust you.

Thank you

for a 

living faith.

Love, Andrea