Searching for the Lord

O gracious LORD
Hear my cry
As my heart cries out for you.
In times of turbulence
In times of joy
Always never is my heart still
But always rejoicing.
Will you always be here
For me?
I do not doubt.
For the LORD
Is always upon His throne.
For He always looks out
Towards his People.
Even when the world believes
That they know it all.
Even when the knowledge
Of the entirety is poured out
Into the minds of the People
They must know that
They are still empty.
We can have the world
In our pockets
And the tastes of the world
At our doorstep
And yet know this
O Children of God
O His Beloved People
Know this!
That you are still empty
If you think for a moment
That you don’t need Him.
As when a child chases after a delight
Believing that they need not know where their Father is
They turn and see that they are lost
Amongst the dense forests
They search here and there
And should know that their Father also searches for them
Many have given up the search and continue to wander lost in the forest
Do not give up searching
For it is in your greatest joy that you must find Him And know that
He too searches for you.
And when you arrive at the flowered pastures -
​He stands there, in the same place where you once left Him.
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