Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Dear God,

It is usually in the early morning and the late afternoon when I get to witness the beauty of the light and darkness together.  When shadows form through the woods, down the street and across the flower garden, I note both the beauty and how the light and darkness are woven together.  I can sit for a long time just watching them, seeing what each offer to the scene in front of me.  

For some reason we often see the light as positive and good and the darkness as negative and not so good.  But what would the light be without the darkness or vice versa.  Each adds something to the other to bring about beauty.  All darkness or all light is nothing more than that but together they are so much more!

When life issues seem to offer more darkness, I look for the light which always appears in one form or another.  Later, when I reflect back, I discover the gifts they brought together. 

O God,

help me see

the gifts

before my eyes.

Help me understand

the darkness

and the 

light better.

Help me

grab hold

of the shadows

and see

the value

in what

they bring.

Love, Andrea