Dear Heart,
God, do you want to walk away too?
Am I easy to leave? Easy to replace?
Will you always be here, or does our relationship have an expiration date?
Where are you when the chair beside me is empty?
God, things have gotten so dim. The world around me feels two shades darker, like you turned down the light in the room. I am depressed, so low. Are you there? Can you hear me? Have you forgotten me? Where are you when my world turns grey?
Dear heart,
lift yourself up to God.
He is light.
He is light.
Hope once more.
God, why do you stand so far away?
Life feels upside down and confusing.
I don’t see a clear path forward. Everything has broken, nothing as it was.
Where are you when the ground shifts?
Dear heart,
lift yourself up to God.
He is steady.
He is steady.
Hope once more.
God, do you want to walk away too?
Am I easy to leave? Easy to replace?
Will you always be here, or does our relationship have an expiration date?
Where are you when the chair beside me is empty?
Dear heart,
lift yourself up to God.
He is near.
He is near.
Hope once more.
Am I really graven on your hands?
Even if they forget, will you really never?
Am I truly ever before you?
Do you know when I sit, when I rise?
Will you never leave, never forsake, never give up?
Dear heart,
lift yourself up to God.
He is true.
He is true.
Hope once more.
“Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands…”
Isaiah 49:16
Dear heart,
hope once more.
