Tuesday, December 30, 2014

HE IS WAITING (REVISED)

HERE I AM,
HERE I STAND.
SEVERAL TIMES I'VE WALKED AWAY
AND STAYED IN THE PIT 
FAR TOO LONG.
I KNOW I WAS THE ONE WHO HAD LEFT,
AND I KNEW DOWN IN MY HEART 
THAT WASN'T RIGHT.
BUT WHAT WAS I TO DO
WHEN I WASN'T BEING 
LED TO THE LIGHT?
HOW COULD ALL THAT FIGHTING
BRING A CHILD TO THE LORD?
ALL I WANT TO DO WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
IS TO RUN 
AS FAST AS I CAN
TRYING TO FIND ANOTHER WORLD,
ANY PLACE WHERE I BELONG,
BECAUSE I DON'T BELONG HERE.
THIS IS NOT MY HOME.
BUT I PRAISE GOD
AND THANK HIM FOR WAITING.
HE HAS MUCH MORE PATIENCE 
THAN I EVER COULD.
I WOULD HAVE LEFT ME 
A LONG TIME AGO. 
BUT THERE JESUS WAITED PATIENTLY, ARMS OPENED WIDE.
YOU SEE, GOD IS NEVER 
THE ONE WHO LEAVES.
IT IS WE WHO GO ASTRAY.
BUT GOD IS STILL THERE 
WAITING FOR US.
HE WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON YOU.







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