Our Good Shepherd

Oh Lord, Our Heavenly Father of all creation We rely on you in all tribulations of life Hope you will come down to touch and heal Our bleeding hearts, for your mercy exceeds all bounds You cannot turn your eyes when your children sob in agony, You cannot but mend our torn and splintered hearts When fears and tensions swivel and rake us Shaking the very hinges of our existence Anchor our minds to faith to proclaim with conviction That you alone are our sole armor and refuge That in every trial of ours, you will be there by our side You are the only one who can gauge the depth of our pain You are the only one who knows our weaknesses We entreat you to heal our hurts and purge our hearts When numerous sins and vices tacitly remain So that we shall shine in your grace and grow in your love When we stagger under the heavy weight of life And when no one is around to ease our grief We see you standing lovingly within our reach With hands held out beckoning us with assurance of relief Like a loving father out and out to help his wayward kids You are the great Shepherd who will never desert his herd But will come searching for the missing lambs When our legs grow weary with every forward step Oh, come and carry each of these staggering lambs Lend your hand in our tightrope walk, that if fallen We can spring back and hop, without getting maimed Grant us true light that we will not grope in dark alleys We know, the opulence of this transient world Can never ever fill our hearts or give us lasting joy It is in Thy love, we find our life’s whole comfort It is on your shoulders, we want to lower our burden When the skies are cloudy, when burdens are heavy Oh, friends, tell yourselves never to feel troubled, With such a great savior around When we are lost, He will kindly lead us home Solve our problems if we partake in His love And shelter us in his great bastion, day and night Brian Strand 1090 Poetry Contest Feb.24. 2022 Inspirational Christian Poetry Contest Sponsor- Regina MacIntosh