Light In The Darkness

I remember how I used to dread the coming of darkness every night...
How long, lonely, empty, cold and torturous it was.
No hope... No peace...
No sleep.

But now my nights are filled with peace,
communion, love and joy.
And when despair returns... as it will from time to time...
and I lie crying as a child...
You are there.

Sometimes Father... sometimes intimate friend.
As for sleep... well, I'd rather be with You instead...
I'd rather rest in Your spirit, and I do,
until you've gently rocked me in Your cradle of grace
and made me new again...
and we talk
and I sing love songs of praise to You
until you finally close my eyes and say, 'sleep... I'll be right here'...

and You are.

August 19, 2004
Nana by Nature