There Are Moments

There are moments…

When my heart shudders 

And my backbone gives way

But on nights like tonight 

Peering through the peepholes of heaven

My soul has awakened to reality

The dark sky

Is not a ceiling

But an expanse stretching wide

Where life’s woes echo 

Merely as the overture 

To eternity’s grand symphony

The moon and stars 

Painted by the mighty finger

Of the one who loves me

And holds me in his embrace

Infuse my being with awe and wonder 

In pure child-likeness,

Trust and curiosity

That divine finger lifts my chin to the heavens

And twirls me round and round; step by step

In celestial dance

At the snap of those fingers,

My foes, they scatter like light-stuck shadows 

The accuser stumbles in silence to the grave

In this sacred safety, I drift into serene slumber

Under the wings of my savior 

This child overcomes 

By beholding beauty

Ey, the beauty of the Lord 

Is my sanctuary 

Like a drifting cloud, grief sails away

Sorrows dissolve in the Milky Way

Darkness cowers from heaven’s glow 

The joy of the Lord 

Anchors my soul

The joy of my salvation 

Rises me higher

Soaring on eagle wings 

To a bird’s-eye view

And higher still

To the unveiling of glory’s eternity

There are moments…