Hidden Hope

 

 

For You have been my hope, O Sovereign Lord,

my confidence since my youth.

-Psalm 71:5

 

My heart trembles

with vibrations

of a hidden hope.

I have barred it

below my belief,

anchored it to my

blackest box

stored underneath

a bed of dreams.

But You see it.

You push away

the dust and reach,

cradling it between

Your gentle hands.

“Open it,” You say,

and though You

are holy and

towering above me,

I refuse.

“Open it.”

The words repeat,

softly, urgent

in my ears.

A spark, quick

and bursting,

catches under my skin.

Something calls.

With shaking fingers,

I transfer the treasure

between us.

 

Prayer:

Lord, You know my hidden hopes, the deepest dreams that dwell within me. You know how much I long for them to see the light. You remember my hopes. You see my dreams and wish to breathe into them. Help me to live for you, to align my heart to Yours and let it beat in time with all You have in store for me. Amen.