Here is the hand I’ve been dealt:
You, Yahweh.
And so I match my life to your words
In obedience.
Heart wholly
Turned toward you,
I search your face for a smile of grace,
Matching your promises.
Having thought through the direction of my life,
I guide the steps that’ll get me there
By your word-map.
Haste without hesitation
In obedience
Is the fitting response
To hearing your commands.
Hog-tied and hung upside-down
By bad guys,
I still remember your law.
Hear me at midnight
As I say my thank-yous
For the justice of your laws.
How have your best friends
Become my best friends?
We’re companions on the same journey,
Headed in the same direction,
Marked by your signs.
That’s how.
Hear it in the wind,
Breathe it in the air.
The earth is completely filled
With your love, Yahweh.
Learning your decrees
Is how I learn to live in this love.
Psalm 119 (H is for Heth)
