PEACE BE STILL

(Psalm 130)

It seems like
a long, long time
since I simply
wanted to sit
down quietly
in a comfortable chair,
all alone in Your Presence, Lord.

So here I am,
sitting with You,
like a child resting
in her mother’s body,
or like an old man
relaxed in his favorite
stuffed chair.

Right now
all is going smoothly
in my life, O Lord.
I can hear Your whispers,
Your sounds of Peace
surrounding me.
The sky is clear.
The roads are empty.
The wind is still.
The dogs are asleep.
The phone is quiet.

And my heart is joyful,
knowing You are always
sitting with me,
knowing you never sleep.

©Andrew Costello, Prayers 

In The Night, page 62, 2008