morning devotion

I lay in a bed filled with the lingering fragrance of You long after our intentional time together has passed. And You make certain I am left always wanting more, Your taste moistening my mouth...

Oh Jesus, how can satisfaction cultivate such deep need? How does holy visit shameful and still enjoy itself?

You haunt me in the morning, demand my heart midday, sing into my sleep till I wake screaming your name... The name above all other names, too true not to utter out loud, a heart alone can't contain it...

Holy Spirit come, blue and translucent, your waves lapping at the corners on the shore of m heart... Twist around and in the labyrinth I've collaborated within myself; thinking depth was to be had there...

But Your mystery invades me, leaving a simple handprint on the shadowy glass I've made. I cannot hide from you, you are not incapable of any form.

Nowhere is too dark for your light... And knowing this makes me all the more grateful for the light. You could be so reminding of the darkness to me, to make me stay and be grateful. But instead, You speak about loving the light which pours gratefulness into my being; makes me never want to leave you, never feel you distant.

Oh how You love me, more than I knew You could...

A ravaging love...

Ours is a secret I love to keep, whispers and rhythymns I have yet to know... Long have I known you, hunted for words to make up an acceptable face for you... You are ever unraveling my skin, peeling away the self I once thought so righteous. You mark me with the mark of love, you cleanse me with the water of your mouth, you cover me in righteousness, unfamiliar tho it be. you kiss me with your kindness, oh lover of mine.
Mountains make me weary, weakness makes you come close to me... You said I wouldn't believe it even if I was told, things only my friend would know. Yours is a way I've always wanted to take, dreamt it, perceived it. Take me on that way, purge me in your wilderness. Lead with fire, carry me in a cloud, I have to have you, every way I can. Keep me seated in your love, keep me mercied in your heart. Pull me tighter, claim me closer, make me holy in your sight.


If you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love...