Lord I would love to come home.

I would love to be by your side,

where no sin can hide.

 

Where the grass sings,

where the love resides.

Where there is no pain.

Where there is no pressure or strain.

Where there is no loss,  just gain.

 

Your Kingdom is where I wish to reside.

Life is so fickle going from one thing to the next.

Our emotions relying on just one test.

 

Lord I can’t cope with the mundane.

If I do I will go insane.

Lord they say you are not relevant anymore.

 

If that’s the case how can I still hear you knocking on people’s doors.

 

They say secularisation is on the increase,

but so is the disruption of peace.

 

I will run my race until it is done,

but Lord I need you by my side.

If I’m ever going to do it,

I need me to push you through it.

 

Lord please make it clear what your plan is for me!

I long that my eyes may be open,

so I may see.

 

Whatever comes torture, ridicule, exclusion.

I am ready to follow you for you are no illusion.

I know it’s easier said than done,

But if I have the Father, the Spirit, and the Son,

The God of three in one.

 

Who took my sin, and said it is finished it is done.

So Father I’m entrusting everything to you!

I believe it’s the wisest thing I ever could do.

What may come my way I do not know,

but I know that you will be by my side and in your arms I will hide.

 

Miss N Rees, age 17.