When you meet with me
In the way of my wayfaring,
May my heart leap up with joy.
When I drink the silences of
evening,
Seeking to be comforted by beauty,
May I see your name writ large
across them,
May my heart leap up with joy.
When I see the rain fall softly
And the parched earth drink it in;
May I know how tenderly you bless
me,
May my heart leap up with joy.
When I see the needy and the
broken,
The lost the lonely and the
suffering;
When I kneel and seek to bring them
mercy,
May I see each wears the face of Jesus,
May my heart leap up with joy.
When I face my neediness and
failure,
Know how large the sins of my
omissions,
Know how great my need of your
forgiveness,
Know again, your name to me is Saviour,
May my heart leap up with joy.
When I face the end of all my
wandering,
When the cup of life’s last dregs
are emptied,
When the darkness falls across my
eyelids,
And my evening prayer falls into
silence:
May in see you, arms outstretched
and waiting,
May I know you, dearer than my
dearest,
May my heart leap up with joy.
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