Though I perceive myself without You, I could not reach for You, as I do, But for You. Therefore You are with me, In my waiting, In my hoping, In my believing. Never alone in my great wanting, Satisfied in my enduring, Tomorrow felt in my longing, Smiling with every tear. I am of high … Continue reading
Benediction
I reach for You in the night, On my bed, desiring. Knowing You present in the darkness, Watching, loving, desiring me. As I look to You, My desire grows, Believing I can attain You, You, Who are beyond me of myself, An impossibility on my own, Yet I invite and hope, believing. Presuming not the … Continue reading
The Cross and the Furnace,
I want to spend my day loving You And embracing life as You send It to me. Nothing comes but by Your Will,. Not that I haven’t thwarted Your Will. I have! I know I have, But even as this moment Bears the imprint of the hammer, That struck the nails impaling You on Your … Continue reading
High on Your Cross
High on Your Cross, All the world lay at Your feet, Broken! The Body of the Christ is broken, Broken for us. The Body of the Lord is broken, Broken to redeem. The Father has placed under Your Feet, Your enemies, His enemies. You, broken on the Cross, Embrace Your enemies, Willing to Love them … Continue reading
What of Me?
I am old and getting older. My frame is frail and fire flickering. My body speaks of leaving, But what of me? The body is all I have known. My soul and spirit have been quite at home What we have known of living Has come by the body’s telling. When I go hence, And … Continue reading
