The Space Between Us

By John Herlihy

I love absence

Because it reminds me of Your Presence.

I love solitude

Because it reminds me of Your Infinitude.

I love stillness

Because it reminds me of Your Breath.

I love separation

Because it reminds me of Your Unity.

I love falsehood

Because it reminds me of Your Truth.

I love mystery

Because it reminds me of the Unknown.

I love faith

Because it reminds me of the Unseen.

I love emptiness

Because it reminds me of Your Fullness.

I love failure

Because it reminds me of Your Mercy.

I love hatred

Because it reminds me of Your Love.

I love virtue

Because it reminds me of your Qualities.

I love Universal Nature

Because it reminds me of the One Reality.

Through spirit, we cross the distance in prayer,

The space between us only the breath of a hair.

The immense distance between us a true abyss,

But remembering God brings everlasting bliss.

By invoking His Name, we may hold Him dear,

Led into His Presence, we find Him, oh so near.