Deep calls out to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.

Psalm 42:7

photo credit: Greg Houghton

Deep calls out to deep in the roar of your waterfalls

All your waves and breakers have swept over me

I’m left standing there in the place where years ago I couldn’t reach the bottom

And though my clothes are still damp and at least my toes are still covered

I must confess that it’s no longer enough

Where I once found refreshment I find it no more

And where I struggled to stay afloat now I stand on the water

I don’t want time to be wasted, and I don’t want what I had before

The ocean feels shallow and suddenly I’ve become aware of deeper waters

I fear the shore and cannot go back or I’ll dry up

Yet if I keep wading here I’ll always know there’s more to be had

I want to swim in the depth

The depths of Your love where the sound of waters rushing echoes Your voice

A depth where the unknown becomes known and mysteries revealed

That place no one’s gone before

Where I could keep on swimming yet never find a shore

Where each wave brings a greater revelation

A more beautiful glimpse of your face

And a joy and peace that I can hardly stand

So let the deeper call me out to the even deeper

May I be lost at sea

I take a deep breath and dare to jump; dare to swim

To those places I’m satisfied

There’s always more

You’re always more