Your Presence

I have heard Your call today

Sometimes saying yes, but not always, or in all ways

Yet you send Your message clearly,

Asking me to trust in You all of my days

I’ve seen Your face today

Often in others when I really pause to look for You

Yet You are in us all, part of us large and small

We are Your image throughout time old and new

I’ve felt Your love today

Alive as a fire burning bright

Bursting forth when I fan its flame with prayer

In my life’s depth and in my life’s height

I’ve touched You today

As I held the small hand of a baby

Feeling trust and love and hope

That, as You love all, You also love me

I’ve tasted You, the bread of life today

In intimate communion with You as I pray

Feeding and nurturing me for the journey

For no matter, here I will not stay

I’ve known your presence today

In special moments of truth and light

In times of fullness and of need

In places, and people I feel Your might

Help me hear, see, feel, touch, and taste You today,

And help me know You well in what I do and say

I look, I care, I long, I give

I have been in Your presence all along

Help me be open, to be ready

Here, now, why and how I live

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