(C) Cheryl Howard 2009
As an eager bride impatiently waits her much loved groom
So BELOVED does my heart, with ardent desire for YOU
Each day I rise in readiness, searching past the sun and moon
My eyes they scan the far horizons, I whisper ‘LORD come soon!’
What longing bride would not await her suitor’s swift return?
Impatient with the distractions of life, SAVIOR I yearn for YOU
In my heart tis YOU Alone, to be forever joined to YOU I burn
So as I tarry in this place my constant desire is YOUR pleasure to earn!
YOUR heart of longing for all mankind, BELOVED YOU’ve shown to me
I ache that those I know and love, would share this passion for YOU
YOU yearn with constant, unfailing grace that their darkened eyes would see
The gift YOU offer upon the Cross, reconciled to YOU would all humanity be!
The days I count, as YOUR coming draws near
Each one in joy brings me ever closer to YOU
O let me never in this life be entwined, wrapped up in its cares
But may YOU find me ready my LORD, YOUR heart to mine held dear!
thought for the journey …
Zechariah 8:21b “.. ‘Let us continue to go and pray before The LORD, and seek The LORD of hosts. I myself will go also.’”
Isaiah 55:6 “Seek The LORD while HE may be found, call upon HIM while HE is near.”
Does your heart yearn after the heart of ALMIGHTY GOD? Do you long for HIS face? Does the company and Presence of CHRIST The SAVIOR excite you more than any others company? Do you seek HIM before and above ALL others? It is you who makes this choice and no other.
Matthew 6:19-21 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
What we treasure, what we guard, protect, long for and think about reveals where our heart is, what we truly love and what is of utmost value and importance to us!
You have only one life to live, one chance to pursue the heart of your CREATOR, one opportunity to hear HIS voice, HIS call, HIS commanding invitation and to respond ‘Yes LORD, I hear and I come to YOU in yieldedness, abandon and gratitude for YOUR redeeming grace upon The Cross’. For once this life is over - it is over! And you face an eternity with The SAVIOR or without.
Will HE say ‘Well done good and faithful servant’ to you, or will you hear ‘Depart from ME, I never knew you.’?
HE is The Way, The Truth, The Life and The Door - will you be found in HIM or found outside of HIM - take no chances, do not fritter away this life and HIS grace. Choose Life - hear the call of The Cross (John 15:16 “You did not choose ME but I chose you,”) and “choose” CHRIST The LIFE!
