Saturday, January 1, 2005
Week Five, Day Seven

A song of God’s love I hope will fill your heart, stir your spirit, and move you to sing! The song has three verses:

1) God meets us precisely here and now and says, “I love you.”

Each day of our life, healthy or sick, satisfied or struggling, employed or unemployed, confident or confused, active or “worn out,” single, married, divorced or widowed – in all seasons and circumstances of our life, God’s love is as near as our breathing!

2) God knows what we carry from the past and in the present and says, “I’ll help you.”

When we’ve been called names that hurt us, made decisions that hurt other people and ourselves, dreamed dreams we could not achieve, set goals we did not accomplish, been injured physically, emotionally, spiritually, just staying alive becomes a heavy load to carry. 

False pride says, “I won’t ask for help.”  True respect for ourselves accepts God’s help.

3) God looks at our gifts and people’s needs in our world and says, “I need you.”

When we look into a mirror, we may see faults, deficits, and wounds in body, mind, spirit.  God sees our potential for showing kindness and doing justice in ways small and large. 

We are limited only by our ability to imagine doing what is new and right in God’s eyes.

Today, ask God to show you someone in your family, a neighbor, a stranger nearby or anywhere in the world for whom you can sing a song of love to bring life – hope – justice – peace.