Come and Listen

(Inspired by a David Crowder song called "Come and Listen" Originally heard the song through my best friend's blog, Gini Young.)

My God, you are an awesome God. You say that if we are thirsty to come to the water’s edge and drink, for You alone are that which we long for and the only thing that can satisfy that need in our life. You are that refreshing drink. You are my everlasting strength, and the reason I can make it through each day. You are the reason I laugh, the reason I smile, the reason I can proudly say I am a child of God…. Your daughter. Although I may search in many places for that peace, for that love, for that completeness, I know that I am truly not complete without You. No man here on earth will ever satisfy me the way You can. No man here on earth will ever love me as much as You do. God, how I need to be reminded of that daily. I need more of you.

Come.
Listen.
See.
Taste.

Great is our God for He is good. There are numerous people in the Bible who have fought bigger battles than I face. Yet you have done so much for me in my time of need, in my lonliness, in my tears. Why do I doubt, though, that You’ll help me? Why do I fear You’ll forget about me when I’m in my desert? In 1 Kings 19, Elijah was up against a huge army of people and ran to the desert out of fear and hid. Some days I feel like that. Out of my own strength, I am weak, powerless, and fearful. Yet just as Elijah cried out to you, I likewise cry for strength, for belief, and for hope. Hope in a greater thing than any human here on earth can provide. I’ve learned that things here on earth are fleeting. They come and they go. Almost as the tide goes in and out of the ocean. Yet You, Lord Jesus, are the water, quenching any thirst that I may ever have . Your love is like the ocean in that you can see the beginning, but you can’t see where it ends…because it’s un-ending. Thank you for loving me as far as the east is to the west, for believing in me when no one else has, and for blessing me with things unimaginable. And just as you sent an angel to touch Elijah, I pray that you would send an angel to touch me. Heal me, Lord.