"And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart."
Jeremiah 29:13
She calls herself a seeker,
and it pierces my heart.
For the familiar word has,
for many weeks now,
become confusing
as only words taken for granted
sometimes can.
It has haunted me -"seek."
How do I seek You Lord -
And how with my whole heart?
Will I find You in Your word,
Or in time spent in prayer?
Will I see You in creation,
or the faces that I pass?
I hear the words in worship,
"Here in Your presence,
I will seek Your face."*
And I long to see You,
To hear Your voice
and feel Your touch.
How will I seek You, Lord?
*"Here In Your Presence" Dennis Jernigan
This is my post for Emily's Imperfect Prose.
Blessings,
Linda
Thank you for sending me there, Linda. What a wonderful gift to hear Ann's voice speak on such a heart-topic!
ReplyDeleteHow are you? I'm behind on life again :) And laundry. But I'm catching up with you tonight...
lovely words.
ReplyDeletealmost ready for casey to return to school on the 7th. the summer went by so fast.
i long for this, too... linda, i long, and i cling to this: "you will find me, when you seek me with your whole heart..." and i find him here, in your post... thank you, friend, for this beautiful ode to our father. love you.
ReplyDeleteThis was beautiful, Linda. And a beautiful way to start my morning.
ReplyDeletewonderful verse...i tend to seek him in the woods...away from it all...or on the back deck early in the morning...nice.
ReplyDeleteYour beautiful words ring true...such a lovely poem. :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. As usual.
ReplyDeleteI like that (o:
ReplyDeletethe older we get...We still need to seek rather than sit in the rocker and act like we are already there (o:
time passing fast...at warp speed.
ReplyDeleteyes.
a word taken for granted much, yes.
ReplyDeleteyour words are so true -- and i loved the link, as well.
i love the juxtaposition of that brassy everyday word of seeker w/ what it really means to seek him. i probably don't seek him enough but i'm so glad he has found me!
ReplyDeleteNo one really seeks the Lord enough.
ReplyDeleteThankfully He still comes to us and
draws us to seek Him even more.
Beautiful words.
Love,
Sandy
hi... Linda. I am here. wonderful words. I loved hearing Ann's voice too....
ReplyDeleteplus think it is amazing the traveling you did.
awesome.
hugs,
Teena
your heart is so tender.
ReplyDeleteI think it is good to always yearn, always wonder and strive.
We can never stop learning . I can't anyway , Linda. I feel I'm so far behind always.
To seek his face and to know Him how wonderful! I read your comment on emily's post as well and it was helpful,thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda for sharing all this with us. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteyes yes how to seek him
ReplyDeletejust plainly lovely
That is lovely and touching, Linda. Great words for that verse. I hope and pray that I never stop seeking Him.
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