I want so much to be with those Christ takes when He returns.
The glory of that blessed day is the reason my soul burns.
But how could I go with Him?  Why would He take me?
The things I've done, the way I've lived aren't what they ought to be.

I want to live in Spirit with eyes only on His face,
But life, with all its troubles turns my attention to this place.
Mere existence in this world is causing me to sin,
Because I'm weak and do not trust and lack that discipline.

I thought I'd learned to trust Him, no matter what occurred.
I had the power of His strength and the promise of His Word.
I never could have made it through the sadness, pain and strife
Without the living Savior present in my life.

But now, it's like I never knew...as though I'd never seen
The wonder of the presence of the Holy Nazarene.
Is it only in my mind that I am lost and all alone;
That I feel so foresaken by the One whom I have known?

Is He really still beside me where He's always been?
Or has He truly turned away, because of all my sin?
I'm so mixed up and so confused and totally perplexed...
I don't know which way I should turn, or what I should do next.

The one thing that I need the most is to kneel down and pray
For forgiveness of the things I've done...for having gone astray.
But I'm too filled with anguish...with grief and guilt and shame
To kneel down before Him and speak His Holy Name.

Yet isn't that the reason He came to live on earth
To teach us of forgiveness and make us see our worth?
Dear God, my Blessed Savior, forgive me of my sin
And let me feel Your loving face smile on me again.