I had just passed through the valley of the shadow of death. A time in my life that I could not imagine continuing on without an answer. The headaches were horrific and not only swept through my body, but threatened to sweep me away.
God was very near to me in this valley of death….He whispered this song to me.
I will allure you
and draw you unto me
and I will hold you close
in a place called deep
so safe you will be…..
as I draw you to me
Feel my breath on your face
feel my warmth tenderness and grace
I will take you and draw you near
unto me
in the shadow of my wing
and I’ll give you passion like you’ve never known
a place to awake and stir your soul
draw near to me
come to this place called deep
Feel my breath on your face
feel my warmth tenderness and grace
these scarred hands will hold you
shape and refine
and by love devine
I bid you come…..
cause I am drawing you close….
I am drawing you deeper to me
I am drawing you close
I’m drawin’ you close
There’s nothing you can do
to separate my love from you
no height, no depth
nor life or death……
draw me closer to you
draw me closer to you my Lord
and never let me go…..
~a love song
inspired from Hosea 2
love
Storie
Yeah…He’s pretty good when it comes to “whispering” things to you…
…and you listen to Him.
Nor~
Nor, I don’t always think that I am the best listener.
do you?
Another beautiful song. I especially like:
“Feel my breath on your face
feel my warmth tenderness and grace
these scarred hands will hold you
shape and refine
and by love devine
I bid you come…..
For me mediating, thinking about life, is like go “deep” into myself. I will admit to having a hard time letting anyone else in.
A beautiful song of a ‘love relationship’ with our Lord.
thank you
Thank you for speaking to me…again.
Going deep can be scary though.
mmm… that’s beautiful. deep calls to deep…
i hope you are well.
Ed,
I can really relate….
I love your shared comments here….showing how you feel about things.
Thank you…I feel like I get to know you a little better each time you comment.
your friend,
Storie
Pearl~
love you!
Michelle,
yes, it can. What does going deep mean to you?
Alece,
deep does cry out to deep…..
how have you experienced this personally?
Ed,
it is much easier to trust in ourselves than other people…or even God, for that matter.
Christ dwells within me……He is not in the sky, or even all around me…but rather, He is within me….He is a healing light, and power that manifests himself within.
Healing has allowed me to allow others in…to see into the places at one time I did not even invite Christ into.
I made a DVD of my chronic pain situation a few years back. In it I was incredibly authentic and transparent about my diving accident, the severe migraines, the debilitation….the process…the answers that technology provided, which were really God’s gift to me.
I went to dinner 2 weeks ago with the Doctor that offered me a solution….As always, he thanked me for my courage to share my story on this DVD….He expressed again how many lives it has touched and continues to .
I looked at him and said, “it is so funny because sharing my story didn’t feel as though it took a lot of courage. Embracing the answer that technology took more courage than anything….trusting in Science, in the process. Trusting that it may be the answer. THAT took more courage than anything. I have been SO HELPED through this process….it is more like a gift to me..and because of that, I cannot keep it to myself, even if it means only one more will benefit.”
Storie, going deep to me means letting Him in to all the places I thought we had already visited. But we hadn’t…fully. I’ve needed to allow Him to open up past wounds and clean them out completely so they can heal properly.
I’ve needed help to get that done. Christian counselors have helped me recognize faulty thinking due to childhood abuse. And studying the Word of God, letting Him soothe me through His breath, teaching me truths I can live by. Prayer, deep groanings in my spirit that I know He hears and a settled peace which comes over me, allowing me to sleep or to rest in Him.
He is everything to me. I truly canNOT make it without Him.
Thanks for asking.
i count it a blessing that though we cannot sit down with a cup of coffee, we can share a mutual longing to be with the Father. i pray that His presence baptize you at this very moment, and i know it is because He is faithful to be present. i cannot always be with my daughter, but i know He can, and it amazes me, that though i would die for my daugther, to think He already has, and it would blow my ever loving mind if i knew to what lengths He goes every second to be with me. i used to think it was about learning greek, hebrew and hermeneutics, and though those are important I think healing, celebration and purpose come out of a relationship with Him.
Dan,
You nailed it here!
Thank you so much for commenting.
In Him
Storie
Michelle,
yes, so true…..
“going deep to me means letting Him in to all the places I thought we had already visited. But we hadn’t…fully. I’ve needed to allow Him to open up past wounds and clean them out completely so they can heal properly.”
love you!
Storie