Doctrine and Covenants 88: 63
 Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me, ask and ye shall receive, knock and it shall be opened unto you. 

The Hymn, Nearer My God to Thee, is one of my favorites.  This hymn is consistent with longing.  When I sing this song I feel it within my being how I long to be near to our Father in Heaven.  In verse two we sing, "though like the wanderer the sun goes down,/ darkness be over me, My rest a stone,"  compares us to Jacob in the old Testament story, Jacobs Ladder.  There is a promise in the song taken from this story in verse 4.  "Bethel I'll raise."  We consecrate our lives, even our trials and griefs to the Lord, then like Jacob, we take our stones of suffering, trials, pain, we use for a pillow and build an alter pouring out an offering of oil unto the Lord.
Im reminded of a song I used to sing during my years of ministering in the jail called, Lost and found.  "Jesus don't you keep me from that storm, I want to walk on sacred ground, for you are master of it all, and I am but a lost and found."  
We can offer up our lives to God and there we draw nearer to Him.


 Photo By: Jeri Burt