Thursday, August 28, 2025

Dear God,

It was once hidden behind a deep and wide hedge of tall, invasive cow roses.  Littered with car parts, rusty barbed wire, broken glass and plastic, trash and debris, it looked ominous and scary.  However, after five years of hard work, now I can sit in my back room, look out and see a beautiful woods.  When the sun rises its beams stream through the green forest calling me to wonderment, awe and praise.

So often we are put off by ugly scenes.  We choose not to go near them.  We drive right by.  But what if something beautiful is hidden away, begging to be cleaned and cleared?  What if there is treasure waiting to be uncovered?

It is like the human soul.  In this life we can look at people and their behaviors and jump to inaccurate conclusions.  If we want to see more beauty in the world, we need to pause and reconsider what we see.  Maybe even pray to see through your eyes?  What lay hidden to be found?

O God, thank you

for the lesson

of the

ugly woods.

Thanks for 

the call

to clear,

clean and

open up.

Thank you

for the beauty

just outside

my window.

Love, Andrea