This side of Heaven

What does it take to be close to you, Lord?
I search for you but you’re always there.
Your love is what I need to survive this race
day by day having you by my side.

In the morning I wake to your beauty outside my window,
as the day goes on I sense your guidance.
Seeing you, touching you, and looking for those moments
I can sense your presence.

Faith is a five letter word I don’t live out often and yet
you allow me to say the right words at the right time.
Dear Lord, give me a sign I can find when I’m lost
and confused of what you’ve given me to survive this
side of heaven.

As the sun sets, the night brings reflections of my day,
you give me so much to enjoy that I forget to thank you.
My friends how I wish they knew of you like I do
Near and far I call to them to join me on the run toward you.

As I fall asleep from a full day of interacting with your creation
I think of the moments I saw you in my daily walk.
Good night Lord and thank you for keeping me safe,
I trust my heavenly dreams with be a blessing from you.


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I wrote this poem in a Christian Ministries class at George Fox University
in the spring of 2004. Dr. Roger Newell was my instructor and this poem
was a class assignment.