It Is About to Become Something Wonderful

Today, I am deeply grateful for those of you who have supported the Dial Hope Foundation with a financial donation. So many people benefit from your giving!

There is story about a young girl who was getting ready for her first day of school. Her hair looked like she might have accidentally inserted her finger in a light socket. She asked her mother, “How do you like my hair?” The mother stood there for a moment and then replied, “Well darling… It looks as if it’s about to become something wonderful.”

I love that story because there are a lot of ways that mother could have answered. The conversation could have easily ended in tears had the mother answered a little differently. But with grace, she not only accepted what was, she also looked for the potential of what could be.

I’ve certainly found that those times in life when I dwell only on my problems, when I use all my energy to whine and complain, to worry and to fret, then I miss the blessings present, right here and now in the moment. And I overlook possibilities.

Today I pray that God would give us eyes to see the gifts that surround us even now. May we also be open to new possibilities – new potential for what might be with God’s help.

Our prayer today was written by Rev. Roger Kunkel founder of Dial Hope. Let us pray:

Loving God, save us from holding back, from sitting on the fence. Help us to walk with faith instead of fear. May we dare to strive always for “the more excellent way.” May the affirmation “All things are possible with God,” dislodge our clinging to the familiar, the safe, the well-worn… O God, who makes all things new, transform our hesitation into the smiling confidence of people who live not for ourselves but for your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, in whose name we pray. Amen.