– stay in a place longer than necessary, typically because of a reluctance to leave
– spend a long time over (something).
– persist, continue, remain, stay, endure
You linger over me
Help me linger there with You
You are in no hurry
Help me to slow down, too.
Your never-ending presence
Is the salve that soothes my soul
Your touch, my ease, Your words, my muse
When life has taken toll.
You linger over me
As if You’ve no place else to go
Our conversations slow, relaxed
A gentle ebb and flow.
Woo me to that place again
Where time somehow stands still
Where all of You meets all of me
And my empty gets its fill.
You linger over me
As you listen to my heart
Then graciously, you speak to me
Your secrets to impart.
I’ll never truly understand
The company You keep
A simple, broken, dreaming girl
Your often-wand’ring sheep.
You linger over me
Help me linger there with You
To gaze and listen, rest and lean
As You, my soul renew….
Luke 10:39 & 42 – Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said…”Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Hebrews 13:5 – “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
Psalm 139:7-10 – Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
Isaiah 57:15 – “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.”
