I STILL LOVE YOU SO

Lord...dare I speak your name? Dare I ?

All that I am betrays your Holiness

my eyes, my ears, my tongue

my thoughts, my will betrays

Lord...give me back the heart of my childhood

the eyes, the ears, the tongue of truth

where innocence was mine

through tender youth

Give back the joy of love to me

when it was all about you

and not about me

My first love, as your child in arms

Your Word made flesh

Your Word that charms

My spirit's tongue, did taste the wine

while at your table, I did dine

Songs of worship, songs of praise

songs I sang throughout the days

My eyes were fixed on none but You

My ears...your voice was all I knew

I longed to please your perfect will

My Lord, my God, I long so still

Your established law, which long before

the waves washed up on virgin shore

was set to keep a child like me

and give me faith, that I might see

Now that time has took it's toll

and all my doubts like billows roll

Your child again, I long to be

Where once I sat upon your knee

I heard you, clearly, lovingly say,

"I am the One and Only Way."

and I was so in love with You

and all you said, I knew was true

Now once again, before I die

and with this one and final sigh

I speak your name, that all may know

that I your child, still loves you so

................"JESUS"................................by Joy Lackey Sept. 2009