Touching the Unseen

you seem so far away from me today
just out of reach
or maybe i'm the one who's out of reach
out of touch
what is it in me that makes you so hard to see?
i need new eyes, spiritual eyeballs that look past
the bills that need paying
and the car that needs fixing
and the e-mails that keep coming
to see what lies beyond.
eyes that can see in the dark.
and through the dark.
to you.

i've been looking
in the wrong place all this time--
in myself rather than in you
within this world rather than
beyond it where the kingdom
of God resides, where you live,
and secretly smile at my shortsightedness--
and wait.
i'm glad you're so patient.

quest.

by Rick James (no, not the funk singer who sang "Super Freak")

be God's!
Brian O
Lead pastor dude, ECHO