One Day

 Will You come back today, Lord?

I want to be ready for You

Will this be the very last day, Lord

That I could be loyal and true?

I want to look into Your eyes Lord

I love when they sparkle with smiles

I would be both humble and obedient

Always walking that second mile.

I long to see others with Your eyes

To grieve with the lonely and lost

To grasp the hands stretched out in sorrow

To hold someone breathing their last.

To point out the cross and my Saviour

Tell others You died for them, too

Holding hope out to the hopeless

And the future that You can renew.

For one day may be too late to know You Lord

The gates to Your heaven may be closed

You’ll appear in the sky with Your angels

To call up the ones that you know.

Is your name written down in His book, friend?

Does He know you and call you by name?

He first called your name from the cross on the hill

Then whispered again from his grave.

Yet Christ rose again in great triumph

Satan defeated again

But that old loser though on his way down

Would take you to Hell with him then.

So break free and run to your Saviour

Take His offer of salvation now

The pathway to Heaven is lined with His saints

Hear them cheer when your hand’s on the plough.

W.B  June 2013.