The space between you and me, it feels too vast to cross.
Void: adjective- containing nothing; not occupied/ inhabited
noun- empty space, state of being without something;
feeling of want or hollowness
I speak and you try to listen, but my words just echo into space, understood by the One who made space, but maybe not even by me.
We long to be heard.
We long to be understood.
We tire of trying but can’t quite give up…
Oh to be known, truly known.
The empty words shared at gatherings make this tiredness begin behind my eyes. I leave the party longing for a quiet hour to think, to read, to just be still.
A life full of quiet hours is empty too. We need connection. But all that talk of shopping and sailing on yachts, it feels like a void to me.
The space inside my chest feels empty. I long for it to be full.
This God-shaped hole is satisfied by no other craving or filling.
He stands at the door and knocks.
Will I open it in the quiet hour?
I will be filled with goodness that satisfies.
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters” (Genesis 1:1-2, NKJV).
Then He sends me back out the door,
leading me into the void with His presence,
His active love.
The Spirit fills the gap. He connects the space between.
There is no void too vast for Him to cross.
He hovers over our emptiness
even now.
I do not want to be known,
to have transparency,
to have my crafted cover blown;
no, I’ll stay Mystery,
and let the good folk wonder who
it was that they just met,
and when the meeting-time is through
I’ll wager they forget
my voice and posture and my face,
and everything I’ve said,
for it is a saving grace
to live as living dead,
and walk the spaces ‘tween the worlds
as anonymous as squirrels.
I am so grateful God fills the void when we humbly come before Him. Hovers was the word which came to my mind when I read the prompt. God hovered over the void as He created and He continues to hover over our lives today. Such a comforting thought to me!
I can relate.
Thanks for sharing.