Beloved God, Source of All Good, Source of All Love,
Today, this day that so many are focused on love, I am grateful. I am grateful, today of all days, that I know it is not just romantic love that sustains us.
I am grateful, today, that I understand that romantic love can be and sometimes is fleeting.
I am grateful, today, that I understand that Your love is the ultimate, the most powerful transforming energy in the Universe.
I know, today, that it is Your love that heals us, it is Your love that forgives us when there is nothing to forgive. For, it is Your love that re-minds us that You do not judge us nor hold our mistakes, mis-steps, and mis-interpretations or mis-understandings against us.
On this day of love, I am grateful that You, God, are love. On this day of love, I am grateful, that because we are created in Your image and likeness, that we, too, are love.
I am grateful that love is the essence of who we are. I am grateful that love is the strength that carries us through any and all hardship. I am grateful that love is the healing balm that soothes us when we are in pain.
I am grateful that love is the joy that we feel in the face of our beloved, in the presence of our family and friends.
I am grateful that love is the peace that we experience when we know and trust that we are loved beyond measure just for who we are.
I am grateful that love is eternal; that love never fails, that love endures.
I am grateful that love has everything to do with everything that is.
I am grateful that love is not just a Hallmark card, or flowers, or candy and "bling" (as wonderful as they all are).
I am grateful that love is the sharing of one heart to another, one soul to another.
I am grateful that love is looking in the mirror and fully accepting the image that smiles back.
What's love got to do with it?
I am grateful, today, dear God, that love is the power that will heal us, sustain us, comfort us, bring us unspeakable joy.
That love is the power that will transform any situation and circumstance.
That love is trusting that Your Divine Presence always is, in each and every moment.
That love is the essence that will lift all consciousness and give us the assur- ance of a bright tomorrow.
I am grateful, that when we get down to it, love is all there is. Love is all we are.Love is all that You are in us, moving through us, showing up as us.
I love You, today, God.
I love me, today, God.
I love all of the ways that You show up!
In gratitude and expression of love for us all, I say "And So It Is", "And So It Shall Forever Be"
Amen!
Rev. Beverly Saunders Biddle