I’d be crazy, if I didn’t lay down my life
at Your feet -
for You paid the price
made the sacrifice
gave up Your life, for me!
 
So I choose The Way
to walk in Your grace
base my decisions, on the words You say
as You, my God, paved the way
to Heaven’s gate
by taking my sins away
to win my soul for Love’s sake.
 
Glory lights are shining down on me
rays from the Son, burning into me -
changing me, You’re transforming me
for all to see – for it’s us and we; it’s You and me.
 
Praise You, Jesus, for loving me
filling my days and nights with thoughts of You,
that I may come to know...
the Saviour who rescues me, for He cares for me.
 
Forever will I stay with You
for life’s colours change from grey to blue
where Heaven’s raiment reveals its hue.
My spirit searches through the haze -
the misty layers, I must travel through
until my eyes can gaze at You;
until my heart can beat for You;
until Your love enraptures me -
the catching force of Love’s true gain
after all the pain and strain;
the weary steps on the battlefield.
The wounds we bear, help us to heal
for the journey through the Narrow Way
is hard and long; but safe and free.
 
Yet with Jesus, we find a song
deep in our hearts, where Truth belongs.
We sing it joyfully each day
we skip and march and onward go
for burdens tell us we will grow,
for seeds are sown, as knees bow low -
before The King, the One True God
the Son of Man, the Holy One.
Join us now, hand in hand, as we venture forth
to the Promised Land.
Never will our heads look back
for we make a choice for life or death.
And we persevere, however hard the test.
 
Julie Hughes (C) Poem 2019