Father,

We welcome this new day full of new experiences and opportunities. When we are open to new things that touch us and open us up, we are indeed fortunate, even though sometimes these experiences ask us to grow. As with a child outgrowing their old clothing, we too must sometimes shed our old ways of being and doing things, in order to embrace new gifts that are more appropriate for these new times. Even though it may be a little scary, Father, we allow this sacred process to occur. If nothing else, you want us to become an active participant with our world again. To realize that life is not happening on a TV screen, and we’re not just passively watching, we are interacting in ways we don’t realize and affecting our world because it is what you are calling us to do.

We are finding that those things we love doing are keys to greater abilities that unlock new things we never thought we could do. You are providing us with new learning opportunities that will enhance blessed self-realization. In all this, while we claim our place in this world, we reaffirm that we have nothing if You are not an active participant in our lives, that we have made a place for you, and that you dwell within us, just as it says in Luke, “For behold, the Kingdom of God is within you.” And it is.

We thank all the people in our lives who have come to teach us how to come out of our shells and rise above challenges. Even the ones who didn’t make us happy because we know you sent them to teach us faith and tolerance and patience so that we can now walk with grace. Bless all those who have tested us, and bless us to forgive others as well as ourselves for every time we thought we were falling short, in actuality were just shoring up the foundation upon which we are building anew today.

In gratitude and loving service,

I AM.

Amen.