It's Only Jesus We'll Seek after - a poem by Bonnie Franklin

It's Only Jesus We'll Seek After

Let us seek in one accord

To know the face of our Dear Lord

When we pray may our souls cry

To see our Dear Lord by and by

May we lift our hearts and sing

Unto our Master and our King

In all that we say and in all that we do

May our Dear Lord's words become manifest now and true.

That we are a people who do fast and pray

To see our Dear Lord everyday

For He is what we live for and wish to see

He's our Master whom we adore

We love him like no other

He's our Savior and our Lord

And may it be said when we reach Heaven's gate

It's the Lord we wish to meet and see

And be with for all Eternity.

For He's the One true treasure

Both in Heaven and on the Earth

In Him there is true laughter

In Him is Holy Mirth

And perchance down here we hear the Holy Angels sing

May we join with them and sing aloud,

"He's the Lord of Lords and King of Kings"

May our hearts cry and daily breath be for

to see our Master and our Lord.

For it we truly love Him above all these things:

Prophecies and Angels

Visions and dreams

Then He need not fear that we'd love the gifts more

For we'd cherish the Giver for He is our Lord

It's His presence we do desire

And His love that we need

To carry us through this life

And on into eternity.

It will not be asked of us at Heaven's Gate

"Do you have any visions of Him or great words to relate?"

But rather, we will hear on that day:

"Did you call Him your master?

Did you call Him your Lord?

Have your sins been forgiven?

Then Heaven's your reward."

And in that day we won't care who had visions

Or who among us had the dreams

When Christ is standing there before us

As our Everlasting King.

We will bow before our Master

And kneel before our Lord

Just being in His presence

Is all we'd ever asked for.

And so, may this also be true of us today

It's only Jesus we'll seek after

As we kneel and as we pray.

email quil & paper.gif (3542 bytes) Written by Bonnie Franklin on May 19, 1995

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