Under My Roof

Past secret rooms where I hid

From the glaring lights of day

Never knowing when or how

Or where my time would play

I wander down familiar halls

Heading toward a finish or a start

Of something new and something fresh

Turning to a peaceful room with a new heart

A place here to start, a place apart

Where I can see through window and out door

And decide now to open both to grace

Standing firm on faith’s floor

A place where I have failed and often prayed

Where feelings broken and whole I’ve shared

Here I’ve lived, and carried on my life

Oft times well, in time I’ve fared

Yet my need knows this place

It alone knows the halls of my space

From where my search begins

A journey long and empty without grace

As I step out of life’s portal

Looking back at my safe halls and rooms

Under a protected roof made mine

My want and need there looms

My safety fleeting, I set out the door

Looking for hope and peace on the way

Leaving my safety and warmth behind

Looking anew for the grace filled way

Unprotected, outside, I look for light

A hand on the left, one on the right

I reach for His hand, and touch returns

Like to a blind man given new sight

To lead Him to my home, bring Him back

He knows I am not worthy, a sinner

And as one so say I, then feeling His grace

Long that my home He would enter

Yet from the distance near, He comes to me

Soon but not yet under my roof

A sinner I, in my life

Always searching, seeking proof

He’s here, with me as always and now

And His word is all I need

Peace coming now under my roof

For His grace even sent, fills all need

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