Daily Worship

Sometimes Lord

Jane Denniston August 01, 2012 0 1

Song of Solomon 3:1 & 2 [1st August]

​Upon my bed at night

   I sought him whom my soul loves;

I sought him, but found him not;

   I called him, but he gave no answer. 

2 ‘I will rise now and go about the city,

   in the streets and in the squares;

I will seek him whom my soul loves.’

​Sometimes, Lord, I cannot see you.

Sometimes it seems you are absent

But then I find that you were not absent

It was I who had gone missing.

Sometimes, Lord, others cannot see me.

Sometimes it seems to them that I am absent

Too preoccupied with my own priorities,

Too wrapped up in my own concerns,

Too busy, or anxious, or sometimes just too selfish

To love them as they deserve to be loved.

When I shut myself off from you

Help me to turn back to you again.

When I shut myself off from others

Help me to open up to them again.

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written by Jane Denniston

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