A poem about forgiveness and aid along life's road! |
COULD YOU, WOULD YOU - O CHRIST? Could YOU come for me tonight, O CHRIST? I remember once when my Mother did. I had run away, was just around the Corner from my house, but was so lost I stood there trembling, and crying out. She came and took my hand and said She wasn’t angry anymore, that she forgave All I’d done, and had come to take me home. But, since the night my Mother died, No one cares if I should cry, And she can not come to get me this time. Could YOU come instead, O CHRIST? Would YOU watch out for me tonight, O CHRIST? Watch with tender care from YOUR heavenly Window, over this road on which I’m traveling. Lost am I, a little lamb stumbling along, Who is trying to seek a safe way home. At the nearest window looking Would my mother be, if she could, I mean. But she is gone now, and can not watch for me, As I walk alone on this lonely road, That I hope is leading home. The truth is though, I don’t really Know where it is leading. So, would YOU keep watching, O CHRIST? Could YOU, Would YOU Plead for me tonight, O CHRIST? Ask GOD in Heaven to pity me And lead me toward YOUR light? I don’t know where I’m headed, I’m just going on, all alone and trembling. For all I know, I may be just around The corner from my eternal home. I think I am too old for crying though, Like I did so long ago, so I’m just Pushing on, on this life’s road. Still, I believe my Mother is pleading for me, Up there in Heaven, I mean. Asking that I be forgiven. Praying YOU will do for me what she No longer can and watch Over her little lamb. Maybe, even go and seek her, Whose time to journey home for Good, may be just around the next bend. Could YOU, Would YOU then, Plead for me - O CHRIST? Be THOU not angry with me tonight, O CHRIST. But come to where I am - THEE, the Loving Shepard, Seeing me, the Little Lamb, And claim me as YOUR own again. If not for me, then for a mother’s love. I am sure YOU know the kind of Mother’s love I’m speaking of. Come and take my hand and say That YOU'RE not angry, that YOU forgive me, And all that I have done, and come to lead me home. Could YOU, Would YOU, please - O CHRIST? Link to YOUTUBE Video: https://youtu.be/zXpQHWkAhQE |