the brightness of You

Forgive me, Wondrous Creator, I lost sight of You.

Of who You are and what only You can do.

The dark & the looming got in the way and blocked out the brightness of You.  Optical illusions tricked my perceptions and stole my heart. Luring me into their house of mirrors, they warped reality & paralyzed my heart. Fueling fear’s flames, voraciously consuming my oxygen, I weakened with every gasp.

I am thirsty, I am hungry. I have become malnourished. 

I must feed from your body, drink from your blood.  You are my life, breath, food and drink.  Like a master gardener, you prune, you root, you nourish, you water.  Help me, for I am at your loving mercy.  Dependent upon your Spirit stirring my spirit. 

I humbly ask for a holy hunger, a greater longing, acute awareness and humble dependence upon You, my Creator, Protector and closest Companion.  Consume me once again.  My thoughts, my meditations, my longings, my attention, my peace, my focus, my dreams, my safety, my comfort, my joy, my ultimate satisfaction.

Only You satisfy every living thing.

You, Holy Creator, of all things.

Under the shelter of Your wings,

I will abide.