I am reaching for your heart.

 I Am Reaching for Your Heart

A Reflection on Psalm 27:8 and Jeremiah 29:13

I am reaching for Your heart—not for Your hand alone,

Not for the blessings that You give, not for a golden throne.

I want to know the One who wept at Lazarus’ grave,

The One who sought the wandering sheep, the one who came to save.

“My heart says of You, ‘Seek His face!’ Your face, Lord, I will seek.” (Psalm 27:8)

I am reaching past the answers, past the doctrines and the creeds,

Past the comfort of religion, past my own imagined needs.

I want to touch the hem of who You are, the essence of Your love,

The kindness that draws sinners to the mercy seat above.

My hands are empty, Lord—no offering to bring,

Just a desperate reaching, a quiet, whispered “Everything.”

I do not need another sermon, nor a formula to pray.

I need Your heart, O Father. I need to know Your way.

You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:13)

So I reach beyond the veil, beyond the noise, beyond the fear,

To the place where love has written my name upon Your ear.

I am reaching for Your heart—the heart that broke for me,

The heart that opened heaven’s door and set the captive free.

I will not stop until I find that secret, holy place,

Where I can gaze upon Your beauty and behold Your face.

I am reaching for Your heart. Draw near, O Lord, to me.

And let me rest forever in Your sweet eternity.

Amen.