What I Want

Psalm 84
1 How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord Almighty!
2 My soul yearns, even faints,
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.

3 Even the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may have her young—
a place near your altar,
O Lord Almighty, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
they are ever praising you.
Selah
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
they make it a place of springs;
the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength,
till each appears before God in Zion.

8 Hear my prayer, O Lord God Almighty;
listen to me, O God of Jacob.
Selah
9 Look upon our shield, O God;
look with favor on your anointed one.

10 Better is one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold
from those whose walk is blameless.

12 O Lord Almighty,
blessed is the man who trusts in you.

My quiet time this morning.....while I watched the sunrise...a beautiful one..and I can't remember the last time I did this. The coffee was extra good and the singing birds sounded sweeter than ever before and as I read this Psalm......my heart stopped. And then it cried out.

And my heart said this..."I want this: I want to sit at Your feet Father! I want to be the swallow and make my nest with my young right at Your alter. I yearn for You, Father. I want to set my heart on this pilgrimage! I want my walk to be blameless. I want to be the woman that fully trusts in You and because of that, is blessed. I want to be a doorkeeper at Your house, O God....to be Your holy and annointed one. And when I pass thru the Valley of Baca, I want to go from strength to strength....in You alone...until I come before Your shining face. My soul yearns and faints for You, Abba Father.....to dance in Your courts....this is what I want....this is what my heart , flesh and soul cries out."