Sunday, December 8, 2024

Dear God,

It has been almost 30 years ago you introduced me to silence, something I had feared all my life.  But with the diagnosis of breast cancer, I felt powerless and out of control.  You invited me to step into the darkness with only you present.  With fear and trembling, I stepped over the threshold.  I heard the heavy door slam shut.  I stood in place and finally whispered back, "I am willing to be here with just you, Lord."  Then I closed my mouth and listened.  I don't know how long I stood there but those next few minutes changed my life forever.

Some of my life's greatest lessons have come in the darkness void of sound or words.  You introduced me to silence where I have learned to dwell especially in hard times but even in good ones.  It is silence where I see and hear you, where you convert and transform and where you love and challenge.  Today as I sit with my fingers on the computer keyboard, I think of the silence, your greatest gift to me.

Loving God,

thank you

for the beauty

and wonder

of silence.

You bless me

so much

during those

holy moments.

May I

always have gratitude

on my lips.

Yours forever, Andrea