Lord Jesus
when You went to the desert
and stayed those forty long days
what was in Your Heart
in Your gaze?
was it love burning bright
with a longing to give?
was it silence grown loud
with a longing to give?
Eternally the Father is there
and You are there
eternally giving
and receiving
Perhaps You entered more fully
away from noise of streets
and smell of foods
a renewed intensity of love
for One who is always new
And yet I also know
that the desert, the hunger, the tempting
was a gift in view of me
that you might receive the gift of me
and I the gift of You.
so draw me close
and draw me away
into the silence
the want
the embrace that fills and sustains.
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