I’m airborne again, Lord, and
I know
I’m no closer to you at 37,000 feet
than I am when I’m on the ground,
but there’s something
about breaking free
`of my body’s natural limits,
there’s something about
defying gravity
and lifting, rising, soaring, flying - weightless:
as light as the spirit within me,
as light as the soul you gave me
the soul where you, Lord, come to dwell
and make your home in my heart…
Clouds above and clouds
below, Lord,
looking at clouds from all sides now;
aloft, afloat, on silver
wings,
closer and closer to “higher than"
but no closer, Lord, to
you, up here,
than down in the valley below…
Down where the flowing
Creek of your grace
made crystal clear your
presence and touch:
the peace of your Spirit dwelling within,
the
heavens at peace in my soul…
And just as I prayed just
a few weeks back:
no matter how high the altitude,
regardless of my haughty attitude
in spite of all my ineptitude,
- because of your beatitude
as I flew through the
heavens today, Lord
may you rest in my heart tonight…
Protect me, Lord, while
I’m awake
and watch over me while I
sleep
that awake, I might keep
watch with you
and asleep, rest in your
peace…
Amen.
You Are Near by Dan Schutte
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Lord, I know you are near,
standing always at my side.
You guard me from the foe,
and you lead me in ways everlasting.
Lord, you have searched my heart,
and you know when I sit and when I stand.
Your hand is upon me protecting me from death,
keeping me from harm.
Where can I run from your love?
If I climb to the heavens you are there;
if I fly to the sunrise or sail beyond the sea,
still I'd find you there.
You know my heart and its ways,
you who formed me before I was born
in the secret of darkness before I saw the sun
in my mother's womb.
Marvelous to me are your works;
how profound are your thoughts, my Lord.
Even if I could count them, they number as the stars,
you would still be there.
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