For some reason, today this song came back to me and I realized I had written a little bit about it previously here.

O Love, that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in Thee;
I give Thee back the life I owe,
That in Thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.

O Light, that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to Thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in Thy sunshine's blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be.

O Joy, that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to Thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain
That morn shall tearless be.

O Cross, that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from Thee;
I lay in dust life's glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be.

The Lord is there if we are willing to turn to Him. Sometimes we look to the Lord for a direct speaking, but oftentimes it is through His Word in which we are enlightened. Lately I have to admit I've been a bit dry, not reading enough each day. Anyway, there's a certain phrase that has been repeating within me since the winter training messages. I'm not sure if this is what you'd consider a 'direct speaking' from the Lord. So it compelled me to look into a few verses:

"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we beheld and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life" (1 John 1:1)

The NTRV footnote for the word "handled" mentions that these terms of hearing, seeing, and handling implies that the Word of life is not only mysterious but indeed tangible. A cross reference verse is in Luke 24:39 referring to the Lord telling Thomas to "touch Me and see" after His resurrection.

In relation to touching the Lord:

"And he fell on the ground and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" (Acts 9:4)

When we touch the Body, we touch the Lord. Our honoring of the Lord is our honoring of each of His members. Our loving of the Lord is our loving the brothers and sisters. Both human and divine.