I Reach for You

Reaching out to touch

Stretching myself, straining outward

Out from inside myself toward the One

Across the great distance I’ve created

Stretching as far as I can, almost breaking

Until I can ever so slightly touch

That which I strive for so mightily

That which is seen from a distance

Looking out from my inside

Yet found so close at hand

Looking in from my outside

But my fingers, they brush and hardly feel

A gentle touch only needed and I would heal

And dream again of walking in the light

Securely, walking in mission, yet not unchallenged

A feather light touch of care

And the depth of all offense is broadly forgiven

But for the effort, but for the want to change

Only a mere desire of heart in change and His touch is given

Yet I need not reach far across some valley of mind made

To touch, to find what I long for so dearly

He is nearby, next to me in the crowded day

And beside me as I love deep and sincerely

Reaching out in faith in confidence

I reach out with His hands

And when I touch another it is His love

That heals and comforts and guides

His hands, by mine being used

And when I reach out for help He is there

Always, waiting, smiling, just for me

To be with me, to hold me close

And no matter what is done,

We’re never to be apart

O sweet and loving Lord I reach for You

With hands of care and heart on fire

And in my reaching You find me

For you are already, and have always been there

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