We are now in our third month of COVID-19 stay-at-home and it's getting old. My heart cries, How long, oh Lord? I really miss seeing people in person and not just Zoom. I miss the hugs of human contact. I'm just so grateful for being able to hug and be hugged by my husband and Jenny and Ellen and the boys.....but post injection total quarantine was hard. Joshua asked 4-5 days into it, "How long until I can hug you again, Grandma?"
Tomorrow we're going to take a drive with some dear friends whom we miss. But there are so many things and people to miss. And there are so many things for which to give thanks. That's my choice today, to choose joy. It's the pathway into His heart. And His heart responds in the words below, as me the beloved and Him the Lover.
How Many Times?
Beloved to Lover
How often must I wake my soul each day
To Him who waits with beating heart?
How often must I urge
myself to life, with holy greed,
For Him, who offers outstretched arms?
How often must I leave my
day and thoughts and go
With the Wind who moves within my heart?
How often must I just be
still and trust for one more day
In Him who loves my heart, soul, mind and strength?
How often must I submit
and trust for only good
From Him whose good is better and stronger than mine?
How often must I come
with my heart as an incomplete book,
For Him my breath and pen to fill?
Lover to Beloved
Do not grow weary, do not
grow faint.
By faith,
I AM whose fingers hold up every thread of the day.
I AM whose beauty is still creating more beauty for you
to enjoy.
I AM whose power is still holding the whole universe
together.
I AM whose good is the only true good still working all
together.
I AM whose life and truth are with you through all of
life, to the very end.
I AM whose leaves these winds of change can never rustle.
I AM is still the Great I AM ,
The Lover of your heart, soul, mind and
strength.
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