One Day Soon

~ S.T. Lloyd

The sun rises, and morning light filters in through drawn blinds.

One more day, one more.

Waiting is never easy.

I can close my eyes and I can remember

Dreams I had,

of HIs presence upon the mountains

calling my name.

Oh the joy of knowing that He sought me out.

So beloved was I, that He delighted

in sitting with me in the cool of the evening

and hearing the thoughts of my heart.

Dreams, troubled, fill the nights now.

But I have not forgotten.

That place of holiness in HIs presence

So pure and so amazing

That He should deign to draw one such as me, to Him!

O how this life can strip away the childlike joys.

How the residue of this sin-cursed painful world

Can build up upon our spirits,

a sludge that threatens to seep in and poison

the heart.

 

So necessary the daily washing in the fountain of

His Words, His blessing and guidance

To remind us who we are in Him

Redeemed and knowing

that what His blood washed away is accounted no more.

 

Moment by moment we must choose to be

in the light of HIs shining presence

that we will avoid straying from the safety of The Way

For an enemy awaits that moment when our footfall lands

outside of those bounds.

 

Eager, ravenous, and vicious, he stalks to and fro.

Even as angel sentinals stand their ground.

Our eyes cannot detect their presence.

Our ears may not hear the clash of swords

Clad in armor we go.

He will see us through,

each vale of tears,

each craggy peak and each river-crossing

until we cross that final river

and arrive safely on that other shore

 

Or ’til that midnight hour when

the trump sound blasts

and a voice like many waters

speaks “come up here”.

Oh the glory and wonder

Of that day!

 

We await our bridegroom

Hearts swelling, aflutter, overwhelmed with gratitude

And indescribable joy of anticipation! The delight

Of our heart and of His, will be fulfilled!

 

One day soon!

One day soon!