I HEAR YOU CRY

“Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all my commandments, that it might be well with them and their children forever.”
Deuteronomy 5:29


I hear You cry this morning, God! I hear Your voice filled with tears, speak my name. I look back across the pages of my life and know the tears come as Your heart breaks over me. Over what was lost. Over what now is! All You asked was my obedience and a heart that truly saw You, truly knew You, that would so love You I would never walk away, never look away, never hear other voices and turn to them. That Your Presence would be my soul desire. That reverence and loving fear of You would hold me fast. The ache of longing over what we never shared chokes Your heart. The wasted seasons, the cuts and bruises and rending wounds that have torn my life have torn Your heart. And the tears come – shed and unshed in both our hearts. I hear You cry this morning, God! And I see Your open arms, reaching out for me. And stumbling into Your embrace, we cry together. Bitter tears over all that was, covered at last with tears of sweet joy over all that will now be


© DeAnna Brooks
8 March 2005