God, Our Heavenly Father

September 20 - Day 6

God, our Heavenly Father, You speak to us
through this great and wondrous universe.  Through
the stars and the planets you remind us of your infinite power.

You speak to us through nature and the seasons
of your creation, and in them everyday we see your glory.

You speak to us through history, through our ancestors
as you have covenanted with them.  That covenant was
fulfilled in Jesus, Your Son, who now lives among us.

And you continue to speak through the people of
today -- the young and the old, the sick, the frail and
the healthy, the happy, as well as the lonely -- as each

one is a reflection of you.

But most of all, our God, you speak to us through the

pain and crisis as those are the experiences that change and shape us.

Enable us, O Lord, to assign meaning to our suffering

by recognizing that they are teaching us something about

 life, something about you, something about us, and something about others.

Help us to understand that when we hurt, you hurt with us;

when we cry, you cry with us; and when we hope, you hope

with us.  Remain with us always.  Amen.