I wrote this many years ago, and it’s actually appeared in multiple books, but I guess I never posted it here.
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As a child You seemed so far away
Ancient and foreboding
A mythological figure from another realm
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I could not see You
nor hear Your voice
nor sense Your presence
It made it so easy to ignore You
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Because I never really understood that I was lost
I had no idea that You were looking for me
Nor did I appreciate the significance of the day that You found me
All I knew was that I’d traded a smoke-filled room for the open air
and that for the first time, I could breathe
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But then You came
Like a little bird at first
Flickering along the branches of my barren tree
I didn’t grasp the meaning of Your song, but I knew that You were there
And that was enough for me
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But You could not be content with that
So You sent the swirling wind of Your Spirit
Splintering the rails of my fences
and uprooting the posts that they hung on
Releasing all that had been pent up within
and scattering it to places I could not reach
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Upon the dust of what remained You breathed Your life
And the fire of Your passion consumed me
As wells of hope and joy sprang up within me
And the wings of Your peace enclosed around me
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For the first time I recognized Your voice
and I realized that You’d been speaking to me from the beginning
I loved what You said and I loved the way You said it
Your words are like dancing flames within my consciousness
Your wisdom is an unshakable mooring
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Yet beyond what I’ve known
And beyond what I feel
There is You!
And all that You are
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You are the gentle rain that sustains the land
You are the lightning that renews the forest
You are the wonder in a newborns eye
You are the shaking of the earth
You are the beauty of the pearl
You are the majesty of the canyons
You are the vastness of the heavens
You are the tenderness of the butterfly
You are the crashing of the waves
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You are the tears I’ve refused to shed
You are the song I’ve been afraid to sing
You are the word stuck in my throat
You are my strength
You are my refuge
You are my hope
You are, I Am
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Pull me into Your circle dance
Weave me into Your fabric
Dissolve me in Your cup
Draw me into all that You are
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