FOREVER AND ALL TIMES
Lord, long, I have known You,
Gave You my life, heart and soul,
With all my strength I’ve served You,
By Your grace forever it shall be so.
Then willfully I abandoned,
Commandments You did bring,
To me whom much was given,
The same required indeed.
I knew it was forbidden,
Thus great punishment deserved, received.
For years You plied Your lessons
Till certain I had learned,
I missed Your sweet, sweet presence,
My heart’s most central yearn!
I thought You would dismiss it,
As a friend to friend miss-deed,
But I Forgot -- God, --Creator,
Much more than friend to me art Thee!
Forgive my trespass grievous
Against My God, my King, my Friend,
Most erudite of lessons,
Help me n’er to err again!
I need You Lord, my Savior,
My God, Redeemer, dear Friend,
At all times, ever beside me,
May Your Spirit, Your love n’er be missed again,
I love You Lord, more than living,
Forever and all times in Your presence beyond the end.
To: The Great & Almighty God, From: a least and wayward son