I SEEK YOUR FACE - MORE THAN YOUR HAND

                                                                                                                                                                     

I seek Your face -

more than Your hand.

I long for Your presence -

More than Your miracles.

I need Your love -

more than Your power.

Your steadfast accompaniment -

more than any other demonstration.

O God, Your nearness is my good!

Your closeness, my salvation.

I live to be with You

and to show You off to those around me.

If You grant signs & wonders -

open up seas, float bread from heaven,

heal the sick & open blind eyes -

I will praise You for Your mighty deeds!

But I will not worship the signs - or demand -

these wonders from You.

You are enough.

 I know Your works flow from who You are.

They are, in some mysterious way, inseparable

from Your very character.

You are the God of both the

Old & New Testaments.

But right now You are the God of my today -

And You are writing my testament,

My book.

I long for it to be said

that I sought Your face,

That Your presence was my highest good.

I would love for it also to be said

that there were many colors,

many wonders, many signs

That flowed from the Presence in me.

But that is Yours to write.

I seek Your face -

more than Your hand.

But both are with me.

Photo by:  Moyan Brenn