Oh Jesus, I long simply to be with You. Help me to fight distraction. I want to pour all of my energy into seeking and knowing You. It can be hard to see in the here and now, but it is far better for me to risk everything to be in Your presence than to sustain comfort and view you from a distance. To rest in You, oh Lord...show me the depth of Your love.
"But as for me, it is good to be near God.
I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge;
I will tell of all your deeds."
~Psalm 73:28
"One thing, one thing
This is what I desire, this is what I desire
Sweet illumination, sweet illumination
That I may gaze upon His face
Oh, to know this man
Sweet illumination, sweet illumination
To glory in the presence of the King
Behold the sweet essence of this one thing
That I may know the Spring within me
The Spring, so sweet
That I may gaze upon His face
Oh, to know this man
Sweet illumination, sweet illumination
To glory in the presence of the King
Behold the sweet essence of this one thing
That I may know the Spring within me
As it rises the Spring, so sweet"
~Sweet Illumination, Shane and Shane
