MORE, MORE OF THEE

I was cleaning Daddy's study bookshelf in 2024 when inserted among the books was a compilation of my e-mailed "thoughts" from 2021-2023, stapled together into booklet form and given the title of one of its poems. Needless to say, I was thrilled.

Here's a thought-poem e-mailed in 2005,  penned in 2002 and two posts below that, from other poems composed in 2002.

In months gone by I was afraid that when I sought Him,

It was the spontaneous, bubbling joy in knowing Him,

the drowning in awareness of His love,

the irrepressible life--boldness-

-motivation in daily contact with others

that I yearned for, not God Himself.

I prayed--Lord, all this I seek, as Thou well knowest.

But use these yearnings Lord, to draw me to love of Thyself.

Lord, I remember the pleasure I have when "Thou art mine;"

help me to remember where that pleasure came from

that I might feast upon Thee once more.

"Don't you see?" God seemed to answer me,

"I sent that pleasure to remind you of

Who I am. All that happiness is something I want you to have--

Because I love you."

It may be wrong to desire a lover's flowers, gifts of chocolate,

and forget the lover;

But isn't it equally foolish to deny delight in Him

because of a realization of--and dismay at--delight

in the expressions of His love?

God gives because He is love, and His utter pleasure is

our joy in receiving;

All I need say is, Thank you so much, God; I love you,

and He is happy!

My omnipotent God is happy!

And my prayer, More! More of Thee! Give me, show me more of Thee! is equally His delight and desire!

"God doesn't want us reading the Word for the goosebumps it gives," but He doesn't prohibit or criticize our enjoyment of them when they come!