Pre-trip: Psalm 63

¹ Oh God, you are my God,
    earnestly I seek you;
My soul thirsts for you,
    my body longs for you,
in a dry and weary land
    where there is no water.

² I have seen you in the sanctuary
    and beheld your power and your glory.
³ Because your love is better than life,
    my lips will glorify you.
⁴ I will praise you as long as I live,
    and in your name I will lift up my hands.
⁵ I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;
    with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

⁶ On my bed I remember you;
    I think of you through the watches of the night.
⁷ Because you are my help,
    I sing in the shadow of your wings.
⁸ I cling to you;
    your right hand upholds me.

God, do not let us set our eyes upon anything less than you. Do not let us be content anywhere else but in the center of your perfect will; in the shadow of your wings. Remind us of the richness that is intimacy with you, cause our souls and bodies to long for you...then satisfy that longing with your presence. Be the one we think about day and night. Let us see you with our eyes, praise you with our lips, glorify you with our hands. And God, use us to bring others to that place of knowing you deeply, of experiencing you truly, of worshiping you only.

Amen.