Monday, March 2, 2026

Dear God,

Many days I am tempted to lose hope.  I see what the president of the United States is doing to dismantle democracy, human rights and human decency. He is spreading fear across our nation and world.  In such times it is difficult to keep hope alive.  Yet I know in the deepest depths of my soul that hope is a God-given gift.  No one can destroy human hope for it lives in every cell of our DNA.  No one can unravel hope from within the human spirit!  We can give it up.  We can throw it away.  We can destroy it ourselves but no one else can get to it because it is protected deep down, really deep down.  

But in my vulnerable moments, O God, I feel like I am on shaky ground.  Then you remind me to look up, to look out and to look in to find the truth that hope is still alive.  This morning when I awakened and saw the wondrous beauty of nature in an unexpected snowfall, I realized once again that you are in nature. You are the author and creator of nature.  You speak through her to help give hope.  All we need do is look and find hope gazing back at us.  

Thank you,

Creator God,

for the gift

just outside

my window.

Help me remember

that hope

comes from you

and is available

every moment.

Help us all

drink in

the strengthening gifts

of nature

and overcome

the despair

that comes

when we

give up hope.

Thank you

for your love

that is greater

than any evil.

Yours, Andrea