Monday, June 12, 2023

Dear God,

Life lessons come from the strangest places!  It was while assembling Adirondack chairs that once again I heard your voice.

For some reason I have difficulty taking many pieces along with a list of instructions and putting together an item.  The thought is always daunting.  Although I have a master's degree, I still have little faith that I can do it.  Yet, my friend Cindy simply pulls out the instructions and parts and begins the process of assembly.  She is good at it.  She is confident.  I marvel.

Life is so much like that.  Many days we wake up to many pieces.  Sometimes we have instructions and sometimes we don't and we have to figure it out.  We can go it alone and struggle sometimes to the point of tears or anger or we can trust in you to help us find out how to pull it all together.  I have tried both ways.  One works and the other does too but poorly.  However, when I turn to you and trust, there is an added joy in the process.

Thank you,

Loving God,

for life lessons

that come

in unexpected ways.

Thank you

for the chairs

and especially

my friend Cindy

who often

in unknowing ways

teaches me

about you.

Thank you

for your love

that knows 

no bounds.

Yours, Andrea