Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Dear God,

There is no place dearer, no more gentle or peaceful, no safer or loving than with you, Merciful God.  When we place ourselves in your hands, we find ourselves in the very best place in the cosmos.  Our issues, difficulties and worries may not disappear but in the larger context of your mercy in the whole of the cosmos, we can breathe easier, trust more, find confidence, surrender pain and know we are not alone.

People fear, do rash things and sometimes take their own lives because they feel utterly alone.  Yet, when we pause and realize the greater world in which we live, we come to realize we are just a part, not the whole.  And when we begin to drink in a greater whole of you, Compassionate God, we are warmed, strengthened, built up with hope, encouraged and empowered.  So, our answer is you, O God; the answer is you.

Thank you

for the gift

of your

holy, living

and loving presence.

Thank you

for remembering me

and all

my universal

brothers and sisters.  

Remind us

once again

of this truth.

Love always, Andrea