Deep Calls to Deep

Monday Missive #46

A Poem: Deep

Deep within my heart
There is the love of God.
Sometimes so deep
It feels like spent embers;
Lifeless,
Charred,
Cold.
I can see them,
Smell their burnt ends,
But not feel them,
Not hear them,
Not know them
In this moment.

Lord, please breathe
On this lifelessness;
Touch this coldness
Of my heart
With your Spirit;
Bring back to life
My heart for you,
Letting me
Truly live again.

A Prayer: In the Darkness of This Moment

In the darkness of this moment,
I wait for you, Lord.
In the quietness of this hour,
I listen for your voice;
Wanting to hear your presence,
As real as my thoughts;
Wanting to hear your voice,
As real as my breath.
Speak to me, Father;
Reveal your heart,
That I might know
Who I am to be;
Reveal your mind,
That I might know
How I am to live.
In this darkness, 
In this quietness,
Let me know
You are forever there.

A Passage: For Reflection

Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; 
all your waves and breakers have swept over me. 
By day the LORD directs his love, 
at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.
-- Psalm 42:7-8 NIV