LIFT UP YOUR EYES

LIFT UP YOUR EYES

John 4:35

 

I HEARD SOMEONE CRYING,
UNTIL THEN I DID NOT SEE,
THE CRIES OF MANY GENERATIONS,
COME SO SUDDENLY.
REVELATIONS OF THE HOPELESS,
LOST IN TIME AND SPACE,
EMOTIONS FILLED WITH WONDER
ABOUT THE HUMAN RACE.
WHY O WHY, DEAR JESUS
IS MY HEART SO COLD,
I CAN ONLY KNOW YOU
AS YOUR LOVE IS SHONE.
OH DEAR JESUS HEAR MY HEART’S DEEP CRY,
MAKE ME ONE WITH YOUR HEART
SEEING THROUGH YOUR EYES,
LOOKING AT THE LOST AND DYING

AS YOUR HIGHEST PRIZE.

Given to Mike Baranek 3-9-16