Praying Through: Psalm 23:6e You Are My Home Forever

The Psalm

Psalm 23:6e (CSB) I will dwell in the house of the LORD as long as I live.

The Prayer

My Dearest God

You were mindful of me,

before the foundations of the world
were formed by you.

You did not merely saw,

but you knew me intimately
from the inside out.

You knew that my heart

was desperately sick
filled with sin
and far from you.

Yet, I was formed by your loving hands

inside my mother's womb.
You have been my Lord
since I have been at my mother's breast.

I was a beast before you.

I defiled your holy name.
I made war with your throne.
I bastardized your saving grace.

Nonetheless, you held me in your hands,

you alone rerouted my destiny.

You've set your Son

to live
to die
to rise
to ascend to glory
so that I would be saved
perfectly
completely
totally
infinitely.

Once I saw your glory

I would have been content
to be a day in your house
a post at your door
to eat crumbs from your table
to do as you command
because from everlasting
to everlasting
you are God,

But you were never content nor satisfied

unless I rest upon your chest
to rejoice in your glory
to dance in your joy
to lie still in your peace
to live in your power.

And so you brought me in,

gave me your Son's own robe
signet upon my finger
gospel upon my feet
seal upon my heart
a seat at your table
a place in your heart
a whisper in my ear
in your home.

Because my God,

you are my home.
Where you lead me,
I will follow.
Because it is there,
I will be home with you.

Forever.

Amen.