Saturday, December 30, 2023

Dear God,

You offer us new beginnings because you know there are parts of our self that need endings.  We need to let go of old habits and all those things that hinder us from having a new life.

Just this morning you invited me to reflect upon the past so I could more meaningfully look into the future.  Why would I want to take old, ineffectual ways of being into my new beginning?  Why would I want to drag all the dead things into tomorrow?  Why would I want to hold tight to all my old hurts, disappointments and resentments?  Good grief, why?

But then you whisper, "You don't need to carry them into tomorrow."

Holy God,

your word

is always

a word

of opportunity.

Help me

hear it

for what

it truly is.

Make me ready

for my tomorrow.

Yours, Andrea