Retreat


I feel despair and emptiness

But I can't understand why.

I know you are near.

 

I just want to hear your voice.

I want to see you and to touch you.

 

I have been walking down this road

For such a long time,

But it seems like I am not getting

Any closer to you.

 

Sing praises!

'I stand, I stand in awe of you.

I stand, I stand in awe of you.

Holy God, to you all praise is due.

I stand in awe of you.'

 

I feel so tired of walking.

My legs hurt.

Am I limping?

Will I ever get to the end of the road?

 

"STOP! BE STILL.

Look back to where you have been.

Don't you see that I was near you then?

Can't you see where I have gently pushed you

In the direction I wanted you to go?

Would I suddenly leave you now?"

 

"And if I was with you then,

Don't you KNOW I will stay with you?

Do you really need to hear my voice

And see my face and touch me

To know that I am near?

Look down. Footprints.

Others have travelled this road.

Their feet travelled on

And so will yours."

 

"I AM the same now as I was then.

I AM not any different.

I haven't changed."

 

"BE STILL..."

"KNOW."

"I AM..."

"GOD..."

 









Mt Lebanon Camp
Cedar Hill, TX
Approximately 1994

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