Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Dear God,

To prepare for a silent retreat is to remember first of all, silence is always about listening.  We quiet ourselves so we can hear a word that comes from beyond ourselves.  There is always a word waiting but if we do not prepare to hear and actually grow silent, we will miss it.

I confess I often spend too much time thinking about trials, injustice, disappointments, hurts and fears.  With so much clutter how can I possibly hear anything else?  Yet, as God of the cosmos it is your desire to converse with us, to hear our tales of woe, yes, but to whisper to us of so much more.  When we ask you to make a clearing for us, we have opportunity to rest and listen.  When we are open to that word, that hope or piece of wisdom, we can often begin to release some of the other that weighs us down.  Without it, we continue carrying the same old crap.  With you, new chances arise.

In my head I know all this is true.  My heart and soul knows it too.  My control center needs that clearing.  That's what I am doing today, sweeping some of my mind and soul space to make a clearing for you.  For ultimately I want to have more space for you than for me.

Holy and Loving God,

no one

knows us

like you.

No one

loves us more.

Clear away

the stuff,

the debris,

everything that

hinders us

from hearing you.

I so

want this.

Love, Andrea