The Dilemma of Silence

Here I am sitting 

waiting in the silence 

my mind whirring

with activities that lie ahead

yet

my heart longing,

hungering to be in Your presence:

to play, to laugh, to skip

to be a child again

to rest my head upon Your chest

and feel Your arms of comfort around me

with sun beams on my face.

You look with tender love 

with all Your concentration.

I am the very focus of Your being.

You are consumed by me!

In this moment

You have eyes for no-one else

My heart sings, my body cries

tears of relief

to know that I am fully, completely, totally accepted

as I am, with all my flaws

with all my weaknesses

with all my failings,

You still stare, gazing at me with adoration.

Because I am Your child and You love me completely, wholly,

overwhelmingly

And at last my heart knows without a shadow of doubt

That I am loved and I belong to You