In Your Presence

This is a poem that I wrote during a Hunger and Thirst service at my school. I was really struggling with feeling close to God and was begging Him to bring me into His presence so I could feel Him again. When I finally got there all I could do was sit and cry for about 10 minutes. When I finally got to a point where I could see, I knew that I wanted to write about what I just experienced so that I would never forget what it was like to be in the presence of the Lord and to feel His comfort.

In your presence there is peace.

Deeper than a long inhale,

More than just a lack of war.

A peace that leads to an outflow of serenity,

A filling up of content.

In your presence there is comfort.

Better than the softest blanket

Or a cup of coffee.

Comfort that leads to sheer bliss.

In your presence is tranquility.

More soothing than the sound of crashing waves

Or the mist of a waterfall.

In your presence there is love.

More intimate then the wedding night

Or a lover’s first kiss.

It’ indescribable, unconditional, beyond human

The epitome of absolute selflessness.

In your presence is brokenness that leads to restoration.

Greater than just a polishing or buffing

A complete transformation

More than just fixing; its changing

In your presence is completeness.

Like the last piece of a puzzle,

Or the final strokes of an artist’s brush.

In your presence is joy.

Incomparable to that of any earthly pleasure.

Unshifting, consistent, abundant elation

Celebration.

The last line of this poem was especially significant because the theme of the service was celebration and thats exactly how I felt at the end of the night. I hope that I never forget the range of emotions that I felt in that short time and Im glad I have this poem to remind me of it.

BB