To Gaze Upon God

Samuel G. Parkison · April 10, 2024 · Volume 15, Issue 1

Wherefrom does this throbbing longing arise?

This ceaseless ache to pierce behind the veil?

Wherein is this soulish thirst realized?

What may this restless, searching heart curtail?

Might it lead to wealth, women, yea, the world?

Not to, but through, sayeth Solomon the sage

Hark, too, his child: Boethius unfurled

The wisdom that none here calms the heart’s rage

“Restlessness persists ‘til we rest in you”

St. Augustine revealed the mystery

We long until all things might be renewed

And all desires meet in ageless Beauty

To gaze upon God from whom all good spreads

Worship rushes where knowledge fears to tread

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Samuel G. Parkison (PhD, Midwestern Seminary) is Associate Professor of Theological Studies and Director of the Abu Dhabi Extension Site at Gulf Theological Seminary in the United Arab Emirates. Before coming to GTS, Samuel was assistant professor of Christian studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and pastor of teaching and liturgy at Emmaus Church in Kansas City. He is the author of Revelation and Response: The Why and How of Leading Corporate Worship Through Song (Rainer, 2019), Thinking Christianly: Bringing Sundry Thoughts Captive to Christ (H&E, 2022), and Irresistible Beauty: Beholding Triune Glory in the Face of Jesus Christ (Christian Focus, 2022).