Category: yearn

In loneliness

Ruth Kirk

Keep on seeking, and you will find (Matthew 7:7; NLT).

1. In loneliness,
I search, Lord, for your presence.

2. In weakness, Lord,
I long to sense your might.

3. In silence, Lord,
I yearn to hear you speaking.

4. In darkness, Lord,
I wait to see your light.

References

1. I lie awake, lonely as a solitary bird on the roof (Psalm 102:7; NLT).

Seek his presence continually (Psalm 105:4; RSV).

2. Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak (Psalm 6:2; NLT).

Seek the Lord and his strength (Psalm 105:4; RSV).

3. Be silent before the Sovereign Lord (Zephaniah 1:7; NIV).

Listen to his voice (Deuteronomy 13:4; NLT).

4. Darkness is my closest friend (Psalm 88:18; NLT).

I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning (Psalm 130:6; NIV).

Waiting (with thanks to A.)

Ruth Kirk
Image: jeung kim, Pixabay

The dust will return to the earth,
and the spirit will return to God who gave it
(Ecclesiastes 12:7; NLT).

1. Lord,
I’m always yearning
To see you face to face.

2. Lord,
I’m always pining
To rest in your embrace.

3. Lord,
I’m always longing
To kiss your only Son.

4. Lord,
I’m always waiting –
Yet we’re already one.

References

1. I yearn for the Lord, more than watchmen do for the morning (Psalm 130:6; NET).

Now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face (1 Corinthians 13:12; NRSV).

2. Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am pining away (Psalm 6:2; NASB).

Come to me all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28; NLT).

He returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him (Luke 15:20; NLT).

3. I long and yearn for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh cry out for the living God (Psalm 84:2; CSB).

As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him? (Psalm 42:1-2; NLT).

She knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing his feet (Luke 7:38; NLT).

4. I will wait for the Lord (Isaiah 8:17; NLT).

Whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit (1 Corinthians 6:17; NIV).