I remember all the ways you have blessed me.
You gave me the breath of life,
You led me into a garden of delights
Where streams of living water flowed.
Your mighty hand flung stars into the dark vastness of night
To light my way and chase away the dark.
You removed my yoke
And led me with chords of love
Into safety.
You gave me the body of your son
On a tree
Bearing the weight of all my sin.
The words of life
Spread out in offering.
Have I forgotten the price that you paid?
Have I begun to walk alongside you,
Not touching
Not caring?
Not in the silence of companionship
But in the gulf of estrangement.
Going through the motions of walking,
With you but without you.
Like two loves
Their passion spent and exhausted
Weary of company.
Mundanity and ritual
Replacing surprise and delight in one another.
How often have you looked back and reached out
To connect
And my eyes and heart have ceased to notice your entreaty
And instead I have meandered behind you
Moving off unaware
Not noticing that I have forgotten you
Until at last You are Gone and I realise I have been left behind.
Turn to me again, as I turn to you and kneel
Take my hand as I give you mine
Hold my heart as I offer it freely
Bind it to you as I surrender again all that I am
Turn to me again and whisper as a lover turns to the one they love
Enfold me in your forgiveness, in the strength of your arms
As I repent and remember that you are my first love
Turn to me again as I remember the blood that flowed
The tears of joy wept at the power of your saving grace.
The healing touch as you lifted me from my falling and rescued me from my disgrace.
Turn to me again and burn the very core of my being
With a passion that knows no dampening
And replace my lukewarm heart with an unquenchable fire.
