As I Live and Breathe

When You arrived before my eyes

Were able to behold You

You spoke to me and it was faith

That heard You speak and told You

I’m sorry for the compromise, the neutral ground

Where I thought I could make a living

It hadn’t yet occurred to me, that I was the enemy

You were loving and forgiving

The lifeless reign of my domain

Unwilling to surrender

A fight to the death when my next breath

Sealed my faith as your inspired prisoner

You call me friend and I understand

You never use your words to flatter

But I still find that there are times

It’s not quite clear to me what matters

I aim to please - either You or me

Not always in that order

You raise me higher to learn what You require

Love You first and love my brother

Each new day arrives to say

It’s only time that’s passing

As heaven waits with opened gates

Welcoming the living to the everlasting

“For in him we live and move and have our being.”

(Acts 17:28)