Searching for God in the desert II-Ab_bA-II

SEARCHING FOR GOD IN THE DESERT I walk across the desert sand Beneath a vast and cloudless sky My footsteps fade into the silence And I don’t know where You are I call Your name into the wind But only dust blows back to me All the prayers I used to whisper Now disappear into the stillness I search for You in the desert Where there seems no road back home I search for You in my thirsting When my heart has nowhere else to go I search for You in the desert Under endless open skies Then deep within the sacred silence I hear You gently call my name I used to think that finding You Would mean a light across the sky That I would hear a mighty voice That changed my whole life in a moment But You came softly like the wind So gentle in the desert dusk You did not take the desert from me You only gave me strength to walk I search for You in the desert Where there seems no road back home I search for You in my thirsting When my heart has nowhere else to go I search for You in the desert Under endless open skies Then deep within the sacred silence I hear You gently call my name Sometimes the desert is not outside Beneath the burning golden sun Sometimes it lives within the heart When every hope has nearly dried Sometimes You do not take away The pain that follows through my days But You remain and walk beside me Through every lonely night I face If tomorrow brings more desert Give me strength to journey on Even when I cannot see You I will trust You’re still beside me I search for You in the desert And now I finally understand When all the noise of life grows silent I can hear the voice of love I search for You in the desert But You were never far from me You are here within my breathing In every heartbeat deep in me The desert one day will be over The long road someday will be done I no longer have to search for You For You are walking here with me.