Thursday, January 10, 2008

Dear God,

I have a deep down peace, a peace that holds the soul at rest. In the changing seasons of my life, in light and darkness, fear and faith, I have a deep down peace.

It was not always so. I look back, reflecting upon the dark places, the lonely places, the lost places, times when I felt forgotten, rejected, discarded. All the times when I wandered, stumbling, but always, always finding a tiny crack of light that lead me to a new level of faith.

I remember when peace was a far distant cry. I could not hear, see, taste or smell it, could not imagine it possible, felt lost from its hope. But I longed for it, cried out into its possibility.

When I fell backward into the seedbed of trust, peace found me. My heart slowed its pace, my hunger returned, my mind cleared, my soul took a breath, my being called out your praise.

Peace is in my blood although the world's woes are all around me. I trust in you.

I got a deep down peace,
a deep down peace.
My weary soul
wretching life's pain,
has found a deep down peace.
My soul rises up,
and takes a breath,
a breath of deep down peace.
I'm walking in peace,
my Savior at my side,
I have a deep down peace.
No longer lookin' for trouble,
I have a deep down peace.
No longer in pain,
I got a deep down peace,
a deep down peace.