My Comforter

You come Holy Spirit
And comfort me
You comfort me in my sorrow, my sadness...
You know all the issues,
You know all the feelings that well up within me,
But you accept me as I am
And with Your tender love...
You comfort me...

You comfort means so much to me,
I know You have experienced sorrow,
Your sorrow was more than all humanity's sorrow put together.

So You know
And You come
The One who experienced the heaviness of all man-kind's sorrow upon Him...
The One who shed tears until He sweat drops of blood,
This One comes to me,
And invites me to open my heart to Him...

He calls me His "loyal dove," His "perfect partner," His friend,  His "flawless one."
He does not condemn,
Tell me to "deal with it," or "get my act together."
No, He just invites me to receive Him on this dark night...
He wants me to know
I am joined to Him on these dark days.

"Come deeper still with Me," He pleads...
"I need you, dear one,
 I need to lavish My love upon you."
"Precious one," He continues,
"When I see you in need... it blesses My heart to give to you.
 My heart wants to give you more,
 More of all I have stored up for you,
 More of the abundance of grace, peace, strength, and joy,
 I suffered so you could have this in abundance!"

The fragrance of His suffering love...
Drew me to Him
To receive all I needed, so much more than I expected...


Song of Songs 4