Your Vision

Monday Missive #96

A Poem: Your Vision

I live in a land of indifference.
Hiding in the corners of my mind,
Hoping my thoughts are not real,
But they are.
I breathe unconcern,
Hiding in the safety
Of my own front porch,
Pretending not to hear.
Excusing it as necessity,
Rationalizing it as normality,
Wishing for some magical wand,
To ease this burning in my soul;
But I cannot erase Your voice
Calling deep within me,
To something beyond myself.
Touch me in the depths,
Where I breathe in and out
The desires of my life.
Give me a passion
To live the vision
You’ve custom-created for me.

A Prayer: Stir My Soul, Lord

Stir my soul, Lord;
Let me laugh when you laugh,
Let me cry when you cry,
Let my thoughts be your joy.
Stir my soul, Lord;
Let me look at my life,
And see it not as it is,
But as you want it to be.
Stir my soul, Lord;
Let your presence
Fall deep within me;
Let me know,
How you call me
Beyond this now
Into eternity.

A Passage: For Reflection

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress;
I shall not be greatly shaken.
— Psalm 62:1-2 ESV