I long for a place I’ve never been
Looking, I search for it, but I have never seen it
Yet I know it is there
Never beheld but alive within me is my home
I live here, but this is not my home
I look around at those who don’t know me
But say they do
Walking a solitary walk, I am never alone
Happy because of a King I’ve seen
Only through the eyes of faith
Yet I know Him more than I know myself
Trust Him more than I trust myself
Treacherous I can be to mine own self
Faithful and True is my King
Deserving of contempt, scorn and destruction, instead
He lifts me up with love, kindness and encouragement
Deserving of love, honor, adulation and glory,
He didn’t cling to riches, abandoning what He had,
Becoming a pauper with no bed to lie upon,
He suffered and was abused and was trampled
So that I wouldn’t be.
Thus suffering reminds me that He suffered
And expectantly and hopefully I look to the day
That all the hurt goes away
His wisdom I search for and it is
His face I seek
One thing I desire of my Lord
To live at His feet and gaze upon His beauty
One thing I yearn to hear from Him
“Well done thou good and faithful servant”
Certainly I don’t deserve the words
Yet I long for them
He alone is my strong tower, my refuge
Only He can ease the pain
Searching…needing…howling to the skies
Like a searching parched coyote in the desert
Seeking that which gives life
To Him alone I look
Where is my solace but in Him
I need not look long
Quickly He hears my gasps for help
He is my everything; He is the All Sufficient One.
As I lay in the hot sun, overwhelmed by it
He sets down one knee beside me
Bending He gently lifts my head off the hot sand
Whispering “I am with you”
He pours cool water of life past my lips.
He revives me with sustenance.
My body is comforted, my spirit sings
This temporary body is temporarily calmed by water and food
My spirit sings because He lives within me
Wiping away my tears
Lifting me to my feet
He sends me on the path He gives me
Sometimes the path is very easy
Sometimes it is very hard
Always, easy or hard, only with Him
Only by Him
Am I able to travel the path
Traveling the path
One thought I cling to
He is good all the time
Nothing else is
Traveling the path
On my destination my eyes remained fixed
Fixed on Him
He is my destination
He is my all
Come good or bad
One He is truth above all
He is Love and Truth
He is good all the time
Nothing else is
IHS 7-24-12