Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Dear God,

When we gather for worship, we sense your holy presence.  Our prayers and singing combine to offer up praise, petition and prayer.  All during worship we know that you are present.  We not only feel it; we know it deep down inside us.  At the last Amen we rise to depart headed for home but we do not leave worship behind.  We do not leave you at church.  We carry you with us because you carry us with you.

What wondrous things we experience as we come together at church.  Although we may be strangers to one another, we are really brother and sister.  We are friend and neighbor because we seek the same One.  In finding you we find ourselves and one another.  In worship we become one, one with you and one with each other.  Such is the extraordinary gift of faith!

Holy are you, 

God Most High,

thank you

for every gift

of worship.

Thank you

for high,

holy moments.

Thank you

for blessing us

with your presence

not only

for worship

but also

for the

ride home

and daily life.

Yours, Andrea