Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Dear God,

I feel like I am greeting you this morning out of the deep well of peace.  Although I look at the sorrow and horror of many at home and around the world, I choose to live by faith-made, sweet peace.

There are so many forces right now seeking to take us down, health, sour politics, racism, general disregard and greed to name a few.  We have forgotten what is at the bedrock of our creation.  We are people made of the spirit of your divine love.  No matter how we were conceived, we are each part and parcel of you, Loving God.  We all carry your DNA.  What we choose to do with it is up to us.  If we continue to forget, we will take the long road toward more sorrow and pain.

But, on the other hand, if we choose to breathe in the celebration of your living, loving presence in us all, we will have resources beyond what this world gives like hope, faith, joy, courage and yes, sweet peace.

Holy God,

build our wells deeper.

For we need

deep wells

to live

in these

sorrowful days.

Give us

your peace

so we can

become peacemakers

for the world.

Yours first, Andrea