Feather On the Sea
It wasn’t very long ago Tomorrow was my friend,
Life was like a river rolling lazy ‘round the bend.
Wasting time and then I found that Time was wasting me:
Took me and it tossed me like a feather on the sea.
Following a fading star I know I’ll never find,
Like a drunken sailor never looking once behind.
Floating like a feather on an ocean full of foam:
One more dream-struck drifter whose horizons are his home.
Feather on the sea, that’s me, without You,
Jesus rescue me from the sea--take me through.
Feather on the sea.
You can be my compass with Your wisdom and Your will,
Jesus help me travel when I feel I’m standing still.
You can be my map and help me reach that far off shore:
Help me weather every storm no matter what’s in store.
Till I found You I was on an ocean of despair,
Using up my future like it really wasn’t there.
Facing every wind of fate no matter how it blew:
Feather on the sea without a friend till I found You.
Feather on the sea, that’s me, without You.
Jesus rescue me from the sea--take me through.
Feather on the sea.
1968 (Rev. 7-74, 1986)
Copyright © Steve Eng | Year Posted 2008
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