Remember When

Remember when I awoke in Your embrace?  When the rhythm of my soul echoed the footsteps of Your spirit treading through my home?  When the sighs of my day were wrapped in Your glorious grace and the moments of beholding were frequent and meaningful?  As the deer pants for the water, so my soul longs for You, Papa.  I miss our closeness and Your moment-by-moment care for me.  I miss our closeness and my moment-by-moment clinging to You.  I miss the overflowing of joy into thanksgiving.  Of struggle into reliance.  Of silence into song.  Of breath into praise.