Heavenly Gates

What is this life? I know not its meaning
Is there something more to it I am not seeing?
That void in my soul,
My heart cries out to make it whole
Is there someone to call, who will answer their phone?
Or was I all along meant to be alone?

I wander in the dark, but have no sight
My fears all around me during the night
I try to feel but all I touch is cold
Is there any way to break this hold?
This anguish inside me I try to fight
But to no avail, for I cannot find a light

Dark and dreary looks the road ahead
But then a messenger to me came and said
“Don’t lose heart, for there is hope,
Look at the world through a kaleidoscope
And you will see the Artist who painted the Earth
He will open your eyes to color and mirth
He will show you love’s great worth

He says, ‘Make Me your treasure and you will not need
For it will be from My hand that you will feed
Drink of this water and you will be clean
No longer on this world will you lean
I will refine you in My fire and make you pure.
For the disease of sin, there is no other cure

In this new life, there will be trial and pain
But have faith, for in My strength you will sustain
My son, do not be afraid of what I ask
Just turn your eyes to Me, for I will direct your path
And be strong as you wander into the unknown
For I promise you, you will never be alone’ ”

As the messenger leaves I turn my eyes toward Heaven
And I thank God for the words He has given
I look around me to see the Designer’s creation
How its beauty testifies to His love and salvation
The mountains that towers over the sea
The eagle that spreads its wings so free
Yet He chooses above all things to use me

Though I know not my world of tomorrow
It is His footsteps that I choose to follow
To Him I offer myself as a living sacrifice
That at His calling, to my feet will I rise
To the world, I will be a source of light
That even in the darkest night will I shine so bright.

And when my work is done, He will take me into his wings
And the choir of Angels will I hear sing
The words that reaches my ears say “welcome home,
In this Paradise will you eternally roam”
Then I will see what I long had to await…
I will be standing in front of those Heavenly Gates.

- Ying (3/19/08)