Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Dear God,

When I walked the spiritual path in winter, the land was bare, no color and no rising up of plants.  It was quiet, not bleak but seemingly no life.  Yet, when the light of spring and summer came everything changed.  Every plant rose up from their sleep.  Now there are varieties of plants growing and the colors are sublime.  Oh, my goodness what the light can do to bring new life!

The changes were not subtle.  They were so beautiful dancing in the wind that it was almost shocking to see and to experience them.  And to think a few years ago the land was rife with invasive bushes, trees and plants.  The light brings not only brightness but also warmth to the ground, fertile soil for plants to come to life once again.

It is like that for us too, O Lord.  Your light brings life to us too.  Your warmth makes it easier to breathe and to see and smell and hear.  Your own beauty in us rises up too and when we let your spirit move, we too dance and what a dance it is!

Creator God,

thank you

for gifts

of your light.

Thank you

for your love,

warmth and goodness

that gives us strength

to live again.

Make us light

for the world

around us,

O God.

Use us

to brighten

all that

us dark,

I pray.

Love, Andrea