The words of this spontaneous song are an outflow from a silent retreat I recently completed. The retreat’s purpose was to rest and simply be, listening and letting the Lord finish His sentences. To come and linger is a theme for me this year. As a mom of sweet littles, it can be challenging for me to make space to sit and be still. But my family needs me calibrated to Love every day. It’s in these moments when I wait with God that I find what is most important for the day. I receive daily bread that satisfies not only myself; it can be broken, blessed, and multiplied to feed the 5,000 I encounter throughout the day. At my retreat, I was reminded of the Bible stories where the sun stood still. I felt the Father say, “I will still the sun for you. I will make space. I am time. Just come and be.” The Lord paused the sun during Joshua’s battle. Perhaps rest is even more valuable than I realized—worth fighting for. And worth the sun being stilled, whether literally or figuratively. In an earlier journal entry, I wrote a note from Jesus, the Faithful and True, “If you will wait with me, I will multiply your time. If you will wait with me, I will take care of the rest. I have carved a space in the rock for you. Come nestle here. Come sacrifice your schedule here. To-do’s will bow to ‘I love you’s.’ Your home needs you calibrated to me every day. Say yes, and I will make a way!” So this song is a conversation. An invitation and our reply. “Will you come and linger?” Yes, I love to linger with You.// Improvised Lyrics:Come and lingercome and lingercome and linger with MeYeah, come and lingeryeah, come and lingeryeah, come and linger with MeI will still the sunI will make space for you and MeOh, just come and lingerIt's where I want to beYeah, I will still the sunI'll make space to beOh, come and lingerYeah, sit alone with MeYeah, just come and lingerYeah, come and lingerOh, come and linger with MeI will still the sunI will make space to beOh, yeah, I'll just come and lingerSit close to MeYeah, I will still the sunI'll move mountains just to beOh, yeah, just come and lingerface to face with Me”Yeah, Jesus, we come to lingerWe come and lingerwe come and linger with YouMy Bridegroom, I come and lingerI come and lingerI come and linger with YouI'll rest in Your tempoMy schedule's at Your feetMy to-do list at Your feetAnd I will come and linger‘Cause my heart desires to meetYes, so we come to lingerwe come to lingerwe come to linger with YouLord, we come and lingerwe come and lingerwe come and linger with YouI will wait here for Your voiceIf You want to speakOh, but I am so contentJust to wait here and beAnd I rest here in Your choiceI desire to hear Your voicebut in silence we can beface to face, You and meOh, we love to lingerwe love to lingerwe love to linger with YouGod says that, "I love to lingerI love to lingerI love to linger with youOh, I'll stop time for youI'll still the sun just for youOh, ‘cause we war with restOh, yeah yeahYes, I'll stop the sun for you,I'll move it back ten steps for youI'll redeem the time just for youYeah, just come and lingerYeah, cause I love to lingerI love to lingerI love to linger with you"//Recording courtesy of Dimensions Center and Kevin McCroskey—Thank you!