Satisfy
us each morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing
for joy to the end of our lives.
-Psalm 90:14 NLT
-Psalm 90:14 NLT
I
awake. As consciousness slowly replaces sleep your first morning touch grazes
my cheek. I hear your gentle whisper drawing me. Your Word rises from within my
heart encouraging and uplifting me. But without warning I remember the
heartbreak I gave you last night before sleeping. And the pain is there
again—once more trying to claim my waking moments. But you are my strength and
promise. You wait for me to give my heartache to you again. I plead for you to
take it, Lord. My thoughts begin to settle as my mind focuses upon you. Instead
of my heartbreak I remember your faithfulness through so many other days and
nights. I remember your strength and power for all that has passed through the
years. You are ready to lift this struggle from my heart.
Suddenly
you are upon me. Suddenly you are within me restoring joy. You overcome the ebb
and flow of my uncertain mind with your quietening peace. I can breathe! There
is only you. No thought that tears my heart. No worry of what might come. No
circumstance to be fixed. No purpose to fulfill. Nothing but your heart beating
from within mine. Nothing but you praying from within me. And in this moment
with your heart pulsing within mine, all is right because you have overcome the
uncertainty of my world. I know your unfailing love. You have become all I need
not only for this moment, but for whatever lies ahead.
© 2017 Lynn Lacher
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