Longings

My heart is restless from trembling, O God,
my soul is homesick and my eyes fail me... (Deuteronomy 28:65)

Lord, my longings are sitting in plain sight,
my groans are an old story to You... (Psalm 38:9)

I'm homesick... longing for Your salvation;
I'm waiting for Your word of hope... (Psalm 119:81)

My heart bursts with longing for You.
Everything in me cries out for You.
Softly and tenderly I wait for You...

Only You, Lord, satisfy the longing soul,
and fill the hungry soul with goodness... (Psalm 107:9)

Through the night my souls longs for you.
Deep from within me my spirit reaches out to You.
Lord, You hear the importunate prayers,
You see the tear-filled imploring,
You feel the rhythm of my pleadings...
the stirrings of desire...

Longing for You is the sweetest sorrow...

My spirit is parched without You.
I am out of breath thirsty for You...

Drench me again, LORD GOD,
in Your river of mercy,
where the streams of abundance flow...

Drown my self-pity...
for it holds no value in Your economy.

Every fiber of my being bristles with excitement
at being in Your presence...
like a magnet You sway me to Yourself,
the pulse of Your Spirit draws me...
pulling me, all of me, closer to Yourself...

You refresh me, O GOD, with Yourself...
and it is enough to satisfy my every longing.