Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Dear God,

Like a deer panting for water, so do I thirst for you, Living God.  Today I repeated the psalmist's words because I too long for you.  Whenever my heart is lonely, my mind troubled or my spirit anxious, I turn to the only one who is present to hear me.  Sometimes I am so desperate, I crawl to you.

Walking the grounds of the monastery, the stations of the cross, the Lourdes grotto and the lake, I listened to the birds sing their praise to you.  Totally dependent on you, they could only sing their joy.  I couldn't help but sing mine too.  

Thank you,

Holy One, 

for all

your gifts today.

You led

me like

a blind woman

trusts her caregiver.

Thank you

for the birds

and their songs

of praise.

Love, Andrea