Homesick

Do you think I’m at rest That I’m safely at home? But a stranger I am For I sojourn, I roam I am wandering here In a land not my own And I don’t want to stay here I want to go home Oh, I’m homesick, so homesick I sometimes feel lost This big world is so foreign The storms leave me tossed But I think of my homeland That’s given to me When I reach that sweet place Oh, what beauties I’ll see! So I dream of the fields Of the sky perfect blue Though I’ve only seen pictures I know it is true I will go there one day And I’ll traipse ‘cross those hills I will see every thing That with joy my heart fills I will pass through the cities Sing songs in the streets I will cherish each noise That my ear gladly greets Oh, the sounds of my language The tongue that I love! If I hear it be spoken My heart soars above Oh, I’m homesick, so homesick Until I’ll behold That magnificent land Of the fathers of old In that homeland Yeshua Shall come and shall reign In that day my full heart All it’s joy shan’t contain! And I know it seems strange That my home I’ve not seen But the home’s where the heart is My heart’s with my King Oh, I’m homesick, so homesick But now I can’t go For the ocean is wide And the transport says no So I wait, very eager Until, by His hand My Yehovah will lift me And give me that land I will dwell in that land With my heart full of glee I’ll rejoice in Yehovah Who gave it to me Oh, I’m homesick, so homesick But, no, it won’t last I will be there one day When these storm clouds are past For Yehovah has promised His words I recall I will trust what He said And my hope will not fall I will cling to the promise I’ll sing and I’ll tell Of the day that I’ll be there– My home, Israel! November 2020