Closer Than My Heart

This morning, when I was reading my Bible I started to write out a prayer after I read a few verses of Psalm 119, and this is what came out.


Oh God, you are my God

In the morning I rise and recount your faithfulness to generations before me

according to your word

In the evening I lie awake and think of all you've done

You are so good and no one deserves you

What other house but Jacob's can say of their God

he is good?

Ever before me and ever with me

your righteousness stands

I have seen your holiness all my life

yet nothing is going to change

O Lord, you remain the same

As the sun rises in the east

as the morning dawns

as its brilliance sets in the west

making its way across the sky

As faithful as the mountains

as forever as the sea

your love is ever with me

Your presence is closer than my heart

O Lord, you are my hiding place

I have claimed you as my shield

when earth shakes below me

when the ground is pulled from beneath my feet

When the depths overwhelm me 

and my troubles seem to drown me

my God, you are my solid ground

My hope is in you

my trust is in your unfailing love

For it is ever with me

Your presence is closer than my heart

Till the end of this age and forevermore

you are my God.