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Dawn Of Your Presence

Like the first rays of light in the dawn of the morning, your presence brings life to my heart. It scatters the darkness of sleepy confusion to give light to my feet. It brings me from sleep to open my eyes and greet your heart in humble gratitude for the grace of another day. Your glory lives in the light of the wisdom you share with the heart of your child and it rises to give sight to see the world that I live in. As your glory shines, the darkness flees, and the light of your word grows in strength and rises to crest in my heart. It comes with the revealing power of your spirit and the warmth of the only truth.

As your spirit moves across my heart, I rise from slumber to greet the light of your glory, stretching out to capture the warm rays of your heart. Your love is my sustenance, your wisdom the fertile soil in which I take root. When the darkness is vanquished in the heart of this, your child, I flourish in the sunlight of your glory to wax strong against the next coming darkness. As the time of my day grows again short, the gathering clouds foretell the coming rain of your spirit. The gathering mists in the skies of my life and the rolling thunder herald the coming of your power. Your spirit falls like rain upon the desert places of my heart to give me growth and new life in the barren wilderness of this world. It falls as you will it, to give me the strength that is needed to prevail against the next coming darkness and I draw it in and am refreshed and renewed. And when the next darkness comes again attempting to hide my way, I do not fear its shadow. For I carry the spirit of light within me and I know the faithfulness of my God to bring the dawn again.


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