God Close

O God, I need to feel Your hand in mine,
Your presence, so I do not feel alone,
A helpless human for someone divine,
a personal friend who I can call my own.

I need to know some answers to my prayer,
a spiritual someone listening to me;
I need to sense somebody really there,
an invisible force allowing me to see.

I need some reinforcement for my deeds,
support for the religious risks I take,
some comfort in my growing physical needs,
a steady hand when mine begin to shake.

O God, I pray You heal my ailing soul,
as I stretch out my fingers to my goal.

                        -- by Pete Voelz       2/04