Monday, September 11, 2023

Dear God,

A miracle has taken place!  Hope has replaced despair!  Peace has eradicated fear.  Love has usurped hatred!  Life has dismembered death!  

Our granddaughter celebrated her 19th birthday today!  Nineteen years, so wonderful!  A few years ago, even a few months ago, she sought death.  Her depression was deep, her anxiety full and her hopelessness complete.  Her black world could see no future.

But all that changed!  As she left a state where people are marginalized by color, belief and gender status, she was welcomed into a college of students from around the world.  She is living again, no, she is thriving, thrilled to find friends, acceptance and joy, the deep-down kind!  Yes indeed, a miracle has taken place!

Thank you,

Gracious God,

for your

loving, tender care.

Thank you

for your hope

for us.

Thank you

for not

only saving

our granddaughter

but remaking her.

Blessed are you,

Loving God,

for the

glorious gift

of life!

Yours, Andrea