A beautiful, sacred hymn with music by Kevin G. Pace and text by Mary Ann W. Snowball.

YouTube video: I Beseech More Earnestly, hymn

Text:
Like the fog in a storm and the sun who hides its face,
Like pure shadows at noon, or a star out of place,
Like the moon overhead in a dark and unclear night,
I beseech more earnestly, seeking God’s pure light.

Like bold sighs braving pain in Gethsemane’s lone space,
Like the rock placed therein meant for grief’s leaning place,
As blood dripping like rain for the pain is far too great,
I beseech more earnestly, seeking God’s own traits.

Like a child asking “How?” to his Father up above,
Like each step to ascend on his ladder of love,
Like each stretch sure to reach far beyond what I now know,
I beseech more earnestly, trusting God to show.

All at once I see light like a ray in shadowed sky,
And it peers through each sphere as God’s voice in reply.
Then more light, as if day, sheds its warmth into my soul . . .
I still ask more earnestly, trusting to be whole.

Perfect light comes from Him as He answers from his sky;
From my bowed, lowered head, I can know Him on high.
Perfect love shines below, from his ever-holy form,
Right into my mended soul . . . his love to adorn.