Pause for Prayer: FRIDAY 4/30

 

Held in arms that don't let go

To be found by eyes seeking mine,
recognized for who I truly am,
known and called by name...

To be loved (no strings attached),
forgiven, freely and fully,
embraced with warmth and strength...

 

To be held in arms that don't let go:

who among us doesn't long

for such a love?

 

In so many different ways

(some obvious, some subtle)

we all desire just this kind of love:

we hunger for it, thirst for it

and sometimes (all too often)

deny it or discard it

when it comes within arms' reach

of our hesitating doubt and fear...

But we'll seek it once again

and yet again,

always searching for the one

whose arms will hold us close

- and not let go... 

Every welcome, warm embrace,

every longed-for lover's clinch,

every friendly hug and squeeze

soon will loosen and let go -

all save the arms of One

whose strength will never fail,

whose love will never end

whose embrace is far more perfect

than all we've dreamed

or hoped or prayed...

Every healing hug we find

is but a shadow and a promise

of the love we seek again

and yet again

until we fall into those arms,

those everlasting arms.

that will never let us go...

 

                 . . .

Our hearts are restless, Lord,

so very restless,

until they rest in you...

Amen.

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