Let Me Thirst

Lord, from the moment, I awake,

from the moment I open my eyes

and slip from sleep,

and leave my dreams

to fade with the night,

fill me with need,

fill me with longing.

Let me turn to You and draw

strength from Your well,

a well filled with a living water

that never grows stagnant or stale.

Lord, if I am to be thirsty,

let me thirst only for You.

Lord, if I am to be hungry,

let me hunger only for You.

Lord, if I am to ache,

let my spirit ache for You.

Let my heart, hardened and scarred

from the battle, beat again

and find its rhythm in the hymns

of a Sunday morning choir.

Oh Lord, be so very gracious to me.

Amen.

Psalm 86:16