The Embrace

Your arms,
Holding me tight, so tight,
                          so close,
                          so strong,
Revealing to me the intensity and desire of Your love.

I can't fall down with Your arms holding me,
I can't fail with You holding me.

And then You step back and you take my hands and gaze into my eyes.
The depth of Your love as you gaze upon me and smile is overwhelming,
                                                                                         earth shattering,
                                                                                         life transforming.

How could I have ever doubted Your love?
How could I have imagined You as stern, hard-hearted, grim?
How could I have thought You were mad at me, annoyed with me, disappointed in me?

Your touch, Your hug, Your gaze, Your smile,
Change me, renew me, making me whole.

Made whole so the overflow of Your love in me overflows to others on my path,
As I embrace them in love