Drought

"In prayer it is better to have a heart without words 

than words without a heart." - John Bunyan

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On my knees

heart heavily beting beneath my chest

sweat pouring from my brows.

"O Lord O Lord"

silence

Doubt begets my knowing mind

resentment festers in my eyes

I try to cry

but even my tears

have gone dry

"Hear me O Lord"

silence

My heart has dried of love

my soul thirsts for Living Water

Where is it?

Faith resides by the riverside

too far it seems from reach

angst builds within my heart

"O my Lord I must beseech"

"Rain down your love Lord,

restore my heart with Yours

Produce in me tears, O Lord

I want your love to pour"

"For the city has gone dry

and I can no longer look to it for joy

my God my God, I wonder why?!"

In You our hope can be restored.

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Shower, O heavens, from above,
   and let the clouds rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;
   let the earth cause them both to sprout;
   I the LORD have created it.  

Isaiah 45:8