Friend
A friend of mine once told me many things in confidence
About his past and what he'd done that gave me no offense
Just shared with me those things he'd rather no one ever knew
About when he was young and crazy as so many do
But in his speaking many burdens did I hear him share
For which he needed someone near him he could trust to care
And bear with him his heavy burden to lighten his load
As though I was the One to help him and the one he owed
For all the years he'd left behind him when no good was done
When all he sought was fame and pleasure wrapped in all the fun
This world is ready skilled and able to place in our way
To keep us from the One true Saviour Who for us did pay
The greatest Price that He could suffer when He let our sins
Divide Him from the Father's presence He was always in
And crush the very life He offered from His precious lips
That now is given those who seek Him in those daily sips
From that great fountain of His scriptures where His counsels found
With Him in study of each passage every time around
We focus from a new perspective that will come our way
As every moment is uniquely different every day
And when we learn to bear our burdens to our God alone
To place in Him our trust to measure all the seed we've sown
Against the blood of our Redeemer we've no need to fear
For trust in Christ will bring us comfort in the words we hear
From His Divine and Holy Spirit Who meets us each day
And travels close and right beside us as we seek His Way
That leads from here to golden glory where His Joy is known
By those who've come to love and trust Him as their very own
Close Confidant with grace and counsel that will never end
A bulwark against storm and fury from this world of sin
And also He Whose greatest passion is to see the day
When all the chosen of His Kingdom have one thing to say
That we are thankful very thankful for the Way He led
The Way that led us from the fear of “secrets of the dead”
To trusting Him in joy and glory that will never end
As He Who saves us in this story is our greatest Friend
Proverbs 17:17; 18:24; 27:10; 3:1-8
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