I almost went back there today

That place I was before

Filled up with fear and with dismay

Your voice determined to ignore

I missed the luxury of meat

The vegetables and bread

Those memories were pure deceit

An enemy put in my head

Remember how it was back then?

The pain and the abuse?

I want to be a slave again?

To wear the devil’s noose?

And Oh, my words they came so close

My rebel tongue revealed

The idols of my heart exposed

Lord, why will I not yield!

But You, my hero came once more

To save me once again

Exposed idolatry at core

Unveiled my complaint

Reminding me of tenderness

Of how Your love provides

Though where we go I cannot guess

In You it’s safe to hide.

Written September 2005

Copyright 2005