How I Long To See the Day

"For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God."
Romans 8:20-21

the night is spent in turning

the minutes are counted, each, one by one

as every passing moment is a reminder

of the hope I grasp for

the deliverance for which I long

for years I have labored under this burden

and longed for the day, for the moment

when You would bring release

in this deep and desperate bondage

I can hear the cry of freedom

it rings out like a far of call

and even though it seems so far away

I can hear it, I can feel it

and it stirs within me a hopeful longing

that it won’t be long

my oppression, You have surely seen

my cry, You have heard indeed

these taskmasters, of them You have taken notice

my sorrows, You have surely known

to bring me up out of this land, You have said You will

to a land flowing with milk and honey

how I long to see that day!

to a good and spacious land, You have proclaimed

my affliction, it has reached Your heart

with compassion, You have turned Your eyes

how I long to see the day

the day when all my fears are whisked away

this night another reminder

of how I have tossed and turned in affliction

this day, how I can reflect upon

the sorrows that have rolled over me

sorrows like billows roll

with the surging of the storm, I am troubled

with the swelling of the ocean, I lose my way

with the rolling of each wave, I am surrounded

I tumble with each heave

my soul rises up in me, I let out a cry

the wave settles on the other side, and I issue a sigh

another prayer, another offering

another request, grasping for some light

in this moment of distress

in the tumult of this darkness

from a far off cloud I hear a cry

it’s the cry of freedom

and it stirs something deep within my heart

the day of deliverance is soon at hand

how I long to see the day!