To be the Apple of Your Eye

Precious Lord, I pray thee that I would be the Apple of Your eye. O what a glorious truth to behold, that my Lord should say to me. "My son, you are ever before me and all that I have is yours" to be always overwhelmed with joy unending that I am carved on the very palm of His hands. O to know that my Father cares for every little detail of my Life and utterly delights in me for who I am. O how unsearchable are the riches of His glorious grace towards me, how immensely deep His Love and tenderness for me as I cry for mercy and deliverance from a nature that is so inclined to sin. My feet clung to the dust, but He took a basin of water and cleansed my feet. My heart was restless and without ease but he gently calmed me down and said, "Be Still and Know that I am God" The bruise of sin and unbelief overshadowed my soul, but with one 'gentle touch' he restored me to liberty. Lord, how beautiful is your Presence. May my soul always faint for your courts. May my eyes ever search for you, the Lover of my soul. Let no moment pass without an ever increasing consciousness of your Holy Presence and knowing this with all my heart that in You I move and have my being. Let every day bring me deeper into the abyss of your love and the experience of heavenly joy even as I sojourn in this world. May i then truly say this with all my heart that "For me to live is Christ" and to die is gain. Amen!