This Is Where You Belong

1995 COPYRIGHT
BY PETER CHRISTOPHER RAYMOND
(FOR JANISE LEE)

I HEARD YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE IN THE WORLD
I GUESS HE MUST DRESS VERY SHARPLY
AT LEAST ENOUGH ALLOWING HIM TO CHANGE YOUR MIND
AND TEMPT YOU INTO REALMS THAT ARE LIT DARKLY
IT'S NOT THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD OF THIS BEFORE
IT COMES IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER
BUT I FELT CLOSE ENOUGH THAT I JUST COULD NOT IGNORE
I WAS HUMBLED WHEN YOU SAID I WAS YOUR BROTHER
I'M SURE IT WOULD'VE HAD MORE IMPACT LONG AGO
IF I HAD THOUGHT TO SAY THEE WORDS MUCH SOONER
AND YET I FEEL IT STILL MAKES SENSE THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
I'M GLAD YOU SAW ME AS A FRIEND AND NOT AN INTRUDER

THE PAIN WEIGHS DOWN HEAVILY FOR NOW
WHILE I KNOW THE MISSION WILL GO ON
THE KINGDOM WILL PROGRESS AS WE PRAY FOR EACH SUCCESS
BUT IT'S SAD- NO, IT'S TRAGIC- THAT YOU'RE GONE
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT WILL CHANGE YOUR HEART AND BRING YOU BACK
KNOWLEDGE SUCH AS THAT JUST ISN'T MINE TO KNOW
GOD COMMANDS ME MERELY JUST TO PERSERVERE AND PRAY
THAT YOU WILL HAVE THE HEART AND LET THOSE PLEASURES GO
CAN ANYONE CONVINCE YOU THAT YOUR SITUATION'S DIRE
MELT YOUR PRIDE AND OPEN YOU TO REASON
MY HEART IS MOST OF ALL TO SPARE YOU FROM THE FIRE
AND PRAY FOR YOU CONSISTENTLY IN AND OUT OF SEASON

NO ONE WILL EVER DESERVE MERCY
YET GOD OFFERS US PRESERVATION FOR OUR SOULS
ETERNALLY APPROACHABLE WHEN WE ARE WILLING AND THIRSTY
BUT SOMETIMES WE'RE TOO PRIDEFUL TO DESCEND FROM OUR POLES
FROM A TIMID HEART LIKE MINE AN AWESOME SPIRIT CAN FLOWER
THOUGH I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT FOR IT'S FAR FROM MY SCOPE
YET HOW DARE I UNDERESTIMATE THE LORD'S POWER
OUR DREAMS MUST BE DRIVEN BY SINCERE HOPE
YOU MAY FEEL SOME RELIEF WHEN YOU LEAVE
WITH SHALLOW HAPPINESS YOU'LL PROSPER FOR A WHILE
BUT I HOPE YOU WILL LONG FOR WHAT YOU ONCE BELIEVED
WHEN YOUR SPIRIT HAS FLOWN AND YOU'VE LOST YOUR SMILE

I WOULDN'T WANT YOU HERE IF YOUR HEART WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE
IF YOU WERE NOT TRULY BROKEN BY YOUR SIN
YOUR HEART JUST WILL NOT HEAL UNTIL IT GENUINELY MELTS
THEN GOD WILL COME TO WELCOME YOU BACK IN
I KNOW YOU CAN REPENT AND ONCE AGAIN BE STRONG
THE SPIRIT LIES IN DORMANCY INSIDE OF YOU
THERE ALWAYS IS A FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD WHERE YOU BELONG
AND ON YOUR SOUL REMAINS SOME RESIDUE
NOTHING CAN EVER TAINT THE WAY YOU ENCOURAGED ME
ALL YOUR THOUGHTFUL LETTERS WERE MUCH MORE THAN NICE
YOU GIVE YOUR TIME AND YOUR HEART SO LOVINGLY
I PRAY YOU'LL BE RESTORED AS MY SISTER IN CHRIST