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The month of March is a season of waiting. The rays of the sun finally cross directly over the Equator, bringing warmth, longer days and shorter nights. The long winter comes to a close and signs of Spring begin to flourish. The things long dormant and still awaken with new possibilities. Such is the season. And so too are our spiritual lives.
 

As we begin the New Year, let me share this prayer by John Birch of Kidwelly, Wales, United Kingdom. It speaks beautifully of the ways that God is at work in the seasons of our lives. May God bless you as we move through the winter of 2012. (ELP)

There is a winter in all of our lives,

a chill and darkness that makes us yearn

for days that have gone

or put our hope in days yet to be.

Father God, you created seasons for a purpose.

During November we will be focusing as we worship on stewardship. Webster’s Heritage College Dictionary defines steward as “one who manages another’s property, finances, or other affairs.” We are people entrusted with God’s property, finances, and other affairs. All we have comes from God and will one day return to God. We are the trusted managers of God’s household.

Paul Geres has written this prayer that speaks so well of our hidden expectations of the church.  It is taken from The Complete Book of Christian Payer (New York: Continuum Press, 2000). I hope you find it helpful in living your life in relationship to other Christians.
 
Lord, nothing has worked out the way I thought it would.