Saturday, January 29, 2022

Dear God,

I love this time with you, this present moment, just you and me.  There is no one I would rather spend my time with!

Together right now we are enjoying the joy of nature. Looking outside, snow on the ground, evergreens rising to the sky, birds nearby singing their songs, they are all worthy of celebration.  Silence, the quiet, opens doors to the mystical, majestic and magical possibilities and invites me to smile, breathe deeply and anticipate.  The light slowly embracing the earth, the darkness slipping away, literally causes me to pray and praise and even to want to dance in thanksgiving.

Yet, all this wonder and celebration also moves me to think of others, the cold, the hungry, the beaten down, the lost and lonely, the forgotten, the fearful, even those on the edge deciding between life and death.  How can I have one without the other?  I cannot play in the cosmos laughing, enjoying and taking in so much ecstasy without considering my hurting kin upon the earth.  Just as you have made it to happen!

Loving God,

thank you

for the gifts

and the challenges.

Thank you

for my

spiritual family

and your desire

for me

to help,

love and support.

Thank you

for it all.

Love, Andrea