He’s sitting in the desert
In the midst of a burning sun
Avoidance to reconcile
The wrongs that have been done
He suffers days of separation
He’s missing his old friends
He’s longing just to be with them
Well this is just a story
We read from day to day
And we’ve always known what happens over the page
Forgiving arms form hugs for one another
On their knees they bow down to each other
Weeping as they take this grace above
Familiar warmth that comforts these brothers
A sense of being home once again
Years of separation, ended once for all
Just doing my own thing
Ignoring God along the way
Personal desires
Indulgences for me too
All of my dreams and intentions
Are planned out for my days
And before I know it, they start to crumble all away
This aint no story anymore
This is my real life
It’s when I realise God belongs in the heart of my life!
The Lord’s forgiving arms are wide open
On my knees I fall to him
And tears of joy fall from the eyes of mine
A familiar warmth that’s comforting
A time complete, a time with him
Years of separation ended once for all
Lots of words to get though yes.
But praise the Lord that he gave me the wisdom and strength to actually produce a song of my own in time for Coffee night. The whole idea of this piece is that yes, we drift, just like how these characters in the Bible did. Yes Jacob and Esau did pretty terrible things to each other and as a result ran away. So did Joseph’s brothers, who sold him off as a slave to Egypt. but years of separation were ended once they reunited again, and the Bible goes into alot of detail describing the emotions and things like that that went on; the whole process of forgiving each other.
I guess that sometimes we drift from God. especially when we’re going so well on our own, we feel like we don’t need God to complicate our lives further. so we neglect him, even though we know that he is there. We use him at our own disposal, only when things crash down terribly and we see no way out, except him. He doesn’t deserve this, the ‘last resort go to’ so to speak, I mean he created us for goodness sake. but yes that’s how it is and God’s just waiting there, with his forgiving arms wide open, waiting and wanting to have this close personal relationship with each and every one of you. Just like how Esau forgave Jacob, Joseph forgave his brothers, the Lord’s going to forgive you, and have this awesome reunited relationship with you again.
It was a great encouragement receiving the feedback i received after performing this, but yes there’s nothing else to say except that the glory goes to God!
But praise the Lord that he gave me the wisdom and strength to actually produce a song of my own in time for Coffee night. The whole idea of this piece is that yes, we drift, just like how these characters in the Bible did. Yes Jacob and Esau did pretty terrible things to each other and as a result ran away. So did Joseph’s brothers, who sold him off as a slave to Egypt. but years of separation were ended once they reunited again, and the Bible goes into alot of detail describing the emotions and things like that that went on; the whole process of forgiving each other.
I guess that sometimes we drift from God. especially when we’re going so well on our own, we feel like we don’t need God to complicate our lives further. so we neglect him, even though we know that he is there. We use him at our own disposal, only when things crash down terribly and we see no way out, except him. He doesn’t deserve this, the ‘last resort go to’ so to speak, I mean he created us for goodness sake. but yes that’s how it is and God’s just waiting there, with his forgiving arms wide open, waiting and wanting to have this close personal relationship with each and every one of you. Just like how Esau forgave Jacob, Joseph forgave his brothers, the Lord’s going to forgive you, and have this awesome reunited relationship with you again.
It was a great encouragement receiving the feedback i received after performing this, but yes there’s nothing else to say except that the glory goes to God!
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