Beholding Beauty (Echo Women's Retreat 2009)

One thing I ask of the LORD, that I may seek; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD... Ps 27:4

One thing... Oh Father, may You be the only One I seek, may my desire and delight be found in You first and only.

I ask... Oh Father, I know that this can only come from You... increase my hunger for You, draw me close to You, turn me that I may turn.

Dwell in the house... Oh Father, may I be Your house, Your dwelling place, a place for Your light and Your glory to rest, and a place of shalom and beauty for Your people.

All the days of my life... Oh Father, I now know that I need not wait for some far-off day and time, I can pursue Your presence NOW, and so I do, with all my heart (that is, all that I can give right now! Oh, help me to give You more!)

To behold the beauty of the LORD... To see (behold) and to declare (BEHOLD!) and to be (be holding) Your beauty, in the world, and among my precious brothers... and my sweet, sweet sisters...