WAIT ********* Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried. Quietly, patiently, lovingly, God replied. I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate, And the Master so gently said, Child, You must wait. Wait? You say Wait? my indignant reply. Lord, I need answers, I need to know why? Is your hand shortened? Or have you not heard? By Faith, I have asked, and am claiming your Word. My future and all to which I can relate hangs in the balance, and you tell me to Wait? Im needing a Yes a go-ahead sign or even a no to which I can resign And Lord, You promised that if we believe we need to but ask, and we shall receive And Lord, Ive been asking and this is my cry Im weary of asking! I need a reply. Then quietly, softly, i learned of my fate As my Master replied once again, You must wait. So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut And grumbled to God, So, Im waiting----for what? He seemed, then, to kneel and his eyes wept with mine And he tenderly said, I could give you a sign. I could raise the dead, and cause mountains to run I could shake the heavens and darken the sun All you seek, I could give and pleased you would be You would have what you want---But, you wouldnt know Me. Youd not know the depth of My love for each Saint Youd not know the power that I give to the faint Youd not learn to see through clouds of despair Youd not learn to trust just by knowing Im their Youd not know the joy of resting in me When darkness and silence were all you could see. Youd never experience that fullness of love As the peace of My Spirit descends like a dove; Youd know that I give and I save(for a start) But youd not know the depth of the beat of my heart. The glow of my comfort late into the night The faith that I give when you walk without sight The depth thats getting beyond just what you asked Of an intimate God, who makes what you have last. Youd never know, should your pain quickly flee What it means that, My Grace is sufficient for thee Yes, your dreams for your loved one overnight would come true But, Oh---the loss, if I lost what Im doing in you. So, be silent, My child and in time you will see That the greatest of gifts is to get to know me And though often may my answers seem terribly late My most precious answer of all is still, Wait!
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 19:46:51 +0000
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