CCC - Open Range

December 25th, 2007  •  Stories of God's Direction & Love

I AM YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND I CARE ABOUT YOU

I AM GOOD ALL THE TIME;
IF YOU GIVE ME YOUR BURDENS, THINGS WILL BE FINE.

TO ME – YOU OWE EVERY BREATH THAT YOU TAKE,
EVERY JOY, EVERY SORROW, EVERY PLAN THAT YOU MAKE.

I AM THE BEGINNING, I AM THE END –
YOUR VOICE WILL PRAISE ME, YOUR KNEE WILL BEND.

YOUR SPIRIT I LIGHTEN – I MAKE LIFE SWEET;
IF YOU GIVE ME THE GLORY, I WILL GUIDE YOUR FEET.

THE PATHWAY IS NARROW, SO SEEK ME EACH DAY;
YOUR EYES WON’T GROW WEARY IF THEY DO NOT STRAY.

THOUGH I SHINE MOST BRILLIANT, NO SUNGLASSES YOU NEED,
FOR YOU GROW IN MY LIGHT, JUST AS THE MUSTARD SEED.

AND FAITH WILL SPRING FORTH, LIKE A FOUNTAIN OF WATER,
GIVING YOU WISDOM TO TRUST ME – YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER.

YES, I AM YOUR FATHER – TO TRUST AND OBEY,
THROUGH JESUS WHO SAVED YOU ON THAT BLESSED DAY.

LOOK TO MY WONDERS – HOW I LOVE YOU LIKE CRAZY,
THE RAIN AND THE RAINBOW, THE SPRING AND THE DAISIES;

THE HIBERNATING BEAR I LEAD OUT IN THE SPRING,
THE BIRDS THAT I FEED, TO MY GLORY THEY SING.

AND YOU ARE WORTH MORE – THAN MANY BIRDS – I HAVE SAID;
I LOVE EVERY INCH OF YOU – YOUR TOES TO YOUR HEAD.

SO EACH DAY BRINGS JOY – AS YOU SEEK OUT MY WILL,
FOR YOUR BURDENS I CARRY AND YOUR NEEDS I WILL FILL.