Person-shaped Hole

I didn't know I had this before,
This person-shaped hole I feel inside.
For now that you're gone from my reach,
Your missing presence leaves me empty.
God,
This emptiness I feel inside,
the aching of my heart and soul
leaves me broken on my knees,
crying out with no more tears.
Yet God,
I know you are near,
for I have heard your voice.
Your presence of peace,
floods over me in my despair.
You hold me tightly,
in your loving embrace
and whisper sweet words of comfort,
into my yearning ears.
So while my person-shaped hole may never go away,
You, God, will help me through the pain.

Missing You

All these years you were always there,
the voice from behind me,
the gentle presence over my shoulder,
I got so used to you being here,
the friendly face that always greeted me.
Through the ups and downs, we laughed and cried,
but now all I feel is emptiness inside.
For your reassuring presence is beyond my reach,
And your voice can only be heard in my memories.
I know you're in a better place and are whole once again,
With your heavenly father, who you loved so much.
Yet, as I stay behind and stare at your empty chair,
With the memories of you flowing with my tears,
I can't help but feel empty inside,
Because I'm missing YOU

Respond

God,
I see your tears,
falling on this place.
As you cry over the hurt of your children
who chase after everything but you.
I can feel the pain in your heart which breaks mine,
as you call out the names of those you love,
But the noise of the life they live,
drowns out your sweet and gentle whisper.

God,
I sense the desire of your heart,
for it is the longing that I feel,
as I see the God-shaped hole in everyone around me.
To reach into their busy lives and show them the way,
to the answers their soul is longing and searching for.

God,
You are calling out to Your church,
saying, "Who will go and be my voice?"
As I stand in Your live and my brokenness,
I respond, "Lord, here I am, I will go.
For Your love for these children
and the silent tears you cry.
Have reached my soul,
and I have made them mine."

You are

Lord, You are,
Almighty God.
With your Word and Breathe,
You spoke creation into being.
You knew me and had a plan for me,
even before I was a thought in this world.

Lord, You are,
Jehovah, God with us.
You chose to send us Your only Son to dwell among us
and to remind us that You are always present,
even when we can't seem to feel you near.

Lord God, You are,
Savior.
You stretched out Your arms on the cross
as a sign of how much You love us,
taking upon yourself the sins of all humanity.
To save us from ourselves and bring us back to you.

Lord, You are,
Prince of Peace.
You sent us Your Spirit to dwell in us.
To remind us that you are Jehovah and Redeemer.
To work in us so that we may lose ourselves
but gain You, who is for us.

Nerves

What is this I'm feeling inside?
I've never felt this way before.
The excitement for the road ahead,
is being drowned out by the nervousness,
of the step I must take,
and the fear of the implications,
of this path for me.
Emotions swirl between wanting to leap forward
and to dive back into the safety,
of my emotional fortress.
God,
I surrender these emotions to you.
Grant me peace in the step I choose to take,
to follow the call of your voice.
May my heart's desire to follow after You,
conquer the emotions, swirling in my head.