Hello Lord

There are some times when you walk through life oblivious to ultimate reality, when subconsciously you live as if this is all there is. There are times when even things you KNOW--like God, Jesus, Salvation--seem so vague, distant, unreal. The enemy has succeeded in numbing you to the powerful truth, leaving you to walk through life as if in a dream. But there are times when, for me at least, when my mind grasps just for a moment how much more there is to life, when I remember fully the things beyond this world. It is so overwhelming to my brain that the full force never lasts long, but it never fails to stir me, and for that I'm thankful. I don't know any way to describe it but that just as I know that I will be driving to church later today, that the ground is firm beneath my feet, and that tomorrow class will be starting again, for just a moment, just as real to me is the thought of living for eternity, the thought of a time when our sole task will be to sing at the top of our voice the Holiness of our God. For a moment it is more than theory and belief, it is absolutely real. But just as God is beyond description, so much greater than our words can describe, the reality is so much greater than my mind can handle and it seems that it boxes the reality up into something more manageable. Oh how I wish that this would not happen, but that reality would always be on my mind. If it were so, I doubt there would ever be times when all I can say are the words of  Psalm 42,

"As the deer pants for streams of water,

so my soul pants for you, O God.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

When can I go and meet with God?"

I would never have to cry out with the Psalmist, "Why have you forgotten me?" Who could ask that with a full realization of the reality of Salvation? But from the place where we sometimes live, that feels like a legitimate question. O Lord, would you reveal reality to us!

"Hello Lord, it's me your child 

I have a few things on my mind 

Right now I'm faced with big decisions 

And I'm wondering if you have a minute, 'cause 

Right now I don't hear so well 

And I was wondering if you could speak up 

I know that you tore the veil 

So I could sit with you in person 

And hear what you're saying but 

Right now, I just can't hear you

I don't doubt your sovereignty 

I doubt my own ability to 

Hear what you're saying 

And to do the right thing 

And I desperately want to do the right thing 

But right now I don't hear so well 

And I was wondering if you could speak up 

I know that you tore the veil 

So I could sit with you in person 

And hear what you're saying but 

Right now, I just can't hear you. 

And somewhere in the back of my mind 

I think you are telling me to wait 

And though patience has never been mine 

Lord, I will wait to hear from you 

Oh Lord, I'm waiting on you 

Right now I don't hear so well 

And I was wondering if you could speak up 

I know that you tore the veil 

So I could sit with you in person 

And hear what you're saying but 

Right now, I think you're whispering"

                                                                                          Hello Lord-Sara Groves