How great are You oh God
Infinitely above all things I see
These things that You have created
I love You Lord
With all my heart I cry out to You
The hands and arms of my heart
Stretch out to You
In dire utter need I reach for You
My eyes search for You
Listening I wait for Your Word
If my heart does not beat for You
Then it beats in vain
Every inhaled and exhaled breath
Not glorifying You
Is wasted
Every caring act offered to another
Serves no purpose
If Your name is not praised
If I were to save the world
And it was not for You
Then we are all lost
Your beauty oh God
Overtakes me and yet
What I know is so small
Is less than a beginning
God, Your wisdom I grow in
And yet, I have not I even completed
One step
Who I am is found in You
And if I am not found in You
All is in vain, all is a waste
Lord more than food or water
I need You with great desperation
Urgently, a matter of life and death
Knowing You is to have life
Not knowing You is death
You are the life of my life
Giver of Life I seek You
Peace of life may my
Unworthy dirty hands
Grasp onto Your holy feet
That I might touch You and
Hold you
May I from the corner
Of Your throne room
Gaze in admiration at Your beauty
Miraculous beauty so wonderful
It both breaks and heals my heart
From the corner of Your throne room
I listen to the majesty and sweetness
Of Your voice that unlocks
The blessings You have already placed
In my heart from eternity past
With my gaze eternally on You
These blessings are eternally mine
No reason is sound that does not begin
With You
Creator of my soul
He who nourishes my being
From before the beginning of time
Your blessings to me have been
Prepared for me to walk into
Yes child, beloved of mine
It is I who have known you
Before the universe came into being
I have known you
Before the first sunrise
I looked lovingly upon you
Before the first sunrise
I looked lovingly upon you
Before the first sunrise
I saw your birth
Oh the joy of your birth
Brought a song to my lips
And I knew your name
Before your mother uttered it
Your first breath was a wonder
Greater than sunbursts
When your were born you knew
My voice and your heart
Joined with the beat of my love
Always my hand is upon you
Guiding you and strengthening you
Leading you into, and through
Exactly what you need
More than all
I have always loved you
Dear loved child
One truth is constant and remains
One truth for you to hold onto
I love you
IHS 6/22/13