Joyful Ruins

I love you Lord. I love You in the middle of the desert where there is no water, no food, and I think I might never see another day.

I love You in the wilderness, where there’s no path in sight and all I have is Your hand.

I love You in the miry pit, the place I am weakest, the never ending stuck, where I must wait for You to pull me out.

I love You in the darkest night, where Your light is my only hope and it shines all the brighter.

I love You when I am on my knees, begging reprieve. Your patience carries me. Your eyes see all I cannot see.

I love You in the winter, when everything seems dead and forever lost.

I love You in the spring, when life awakens, new things come.

I love You at the feasting table, where food and drink never run out.

I love You at the party, where laughter and song fill me with joy.

I love You on the mountain top, where I see every path and where it leads.

I love You Lord and yet I know that my love is but a drop in the ocean of Your love.

You loved me before time, before the earth was formed, when I was not even a thought, Your thoughts of love were towards me.

You loved me in the flood, with an ark that carries safely through and a rainbow of colors and a promise from You.

You loved me through the sea, when there’s no way, You make a way to me.

You loved me in the wilderness, through manna falling down, fire and clouds, water from rocks.

You loved me in the lions’ den where terror pounced yet You shut their mouths.

You loved me in the furnace, walked with me, made me come out unsynged.

You loved me like a Shepherd, by still water, through valley death, I lacked nothing!

You loved me through denials, my faithlessness, You met me there.

Lord, You loved me on the cross, where you hung, bled, died. AND You loved me as You rose, our love forever, at last, no separation ever again.