{"id":2634,"date":"2021-02-17T09:03:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T17:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2634"},"modified":"2021-02-17T09:03:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T17:03:02","slug":"devotion-psalm-51-10-12-no-space-between","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2634","title":{"rendered":"Devotion            Psalm 51.10-12        No Space Between"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0WordSection1\">\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\"><b>Psalm 51:10-12<\/b><i>\u00a0\u201c<\/i><span class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0text\"><i>Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.\u00a0\u00a0<b><sup>11\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.<\/i><\/span><i>\u00a0\u00a0<b><sup>12\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.<\/i><span class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0text\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0WordSection2\">\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Oh Lord God,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Forgive me for not living,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Continuously in Your sacred presence!<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Never am I more loved,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Than when I am in Your presence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Never am I more in peace,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Than when I am in Your presence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Never am I more complete,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Than when I am in You presence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Then, oh Lord my God,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Do I want to shout and sing,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">The greatness of You!<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">When in Your sacred presence,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">I cry, and laugh,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Silence alternates with praise,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">To You,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">And always I am in awe,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Of You!<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Oh Lord my God,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Like a man with no oxygen to breathe,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Am I when not before You.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">To not be hearing Your voice,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">A distance is unbearable if,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">I cannot hear Your every breath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">When Your sacred presence<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Is not fully around me and through me,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">If it is not a sea enveloping me,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">I am not living in complete joy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Life is not about food and drink,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">And certainly not about possessions,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Life is You.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">It\u2019s about more of You from,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">From a moment of eternity,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">To the next moment of eternity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">More of you Lord,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">I am thirsty for Your living water,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">I cannot drink fast enough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Fill me Lord and keep me filled,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">With You.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Lord God, please,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">All of You for all of me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">With You Lord,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Always with You,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Is where I long to be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Without the vibrant presence of You,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">I wither, I perish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">I need you Lord God,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">My God, if I possess an anxious thought,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">It is that I would no longer live,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Before You and with You.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Yet that anxious moment is a phantom<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Fleeting and shooed away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Oh Lord God,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">My God who loves me,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Please keep me,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">In spite of me,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Ever and forever,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Close enough to feel,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Your breath,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">To feel the warmth,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Emanating from You,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Let there not be an iota,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Of separation between us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">In You and with You,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">I live and grow,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">The slightest separation<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">From You,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Is a cold and dark place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Next to You Lord,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Oh Lord, next to You,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Lord God, please keep me next to You.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">It is my prayer and high desire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">To be next to you,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">For eternity,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">With no spaces between,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">The moments of eternity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">With You Lord,<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">You in Me<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Me in You.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">That\u2019s where I belong<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">With You.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Always with You.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNormal\">Thank You!<\/p>\n<div>Always thank You!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNoSpacing\"><b>John 1:5<\/b>\u00a0<i>\u201cThe light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNoSpacing\"><b>Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNoSpacing\"><b>Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNoSpacing\"><b>Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0He has\u00a0shown you, Oh man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; and what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of you, but\u00a0to do justly, to love\u00a0mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv1628956544ydp49e855d0MsoNoSpacing\"><b>Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 51:10-12\u00a0\u201cCreate in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.\u00a0\u00a011\u00a0Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.\u00a0\u00a012\u00a0Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.\u201d Oh Lord God, Forgive me for not living, Continuously in 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