Blue Skies

I knew You when the sky was blue,
Before the world had filled my view,

When heaven seemed so very near,
And I could feel You everywhere.

I knew Your whisper as a child,
Before this world had grown so wild.

My little heart was pure and free,
For You were everything to me.

Oh, take me where I knew You then,
And make my heart a child again.

Till all this world grows strangely dim,
And blue skies fill my soul again.

A Prayer

Holy Spirit, I know You. I’ve known You since I was little. Beneath everything these years have taught me, there is still a heart that remembers You.
I don’t want to know this world better than I know You. Quiet all its noise and teach me again the simplicity of Your presence.
Let me wonder again. Let me recognize Your voice without fear or striving. Let Your love become more familiar to me than all the things that have crowded my heart.
I am still Your child.
Draw me close and teach me how to be loved.
Amen.