...to wait in this quiet

Hear me, the words 

slip from my lips,

turn your grace toward me,

answer me, hear me.

My heart whispers to me

to seek your face.

I desire to meet your gaze;

you hear me-- let me look 

into your eyes.

I trust that your goodness 

will be revealed to me

here in the fullness of life.

I will wait with expectation for you;

I am strong enough, my soul 

courageous enough,

to wait in this quiet, for you.

---Psalm 27:7-9, 13-14 (para. laca)

God, give me the strength to wait on you when no word is forthcoming. The peace and stillness to sit in emptiness, to wait in active hope for something I am not guaranteed. Quiet my anxiety over what you will or will not do, and teach me to simply desire to meet you.