Behold  I stand

Before your door and knock

If you will hear my voice

And open up

To welcome me

I will come in

And eat and drink

With you

And you with me

 

These words of such simplicity

Have always meant the world to me

That God should humbly come

And wait for my response

 

Not His the role

To barge right in and take control

He waits my hospitality

Then comes to share a glass with me

If I will welcome Him

 

To sit before a roaring fire

To talk of life and love

To wile away the hours

To rise above

 

He does not make as if to leave

Is happy in my company

But if I have too much to do

He will not force the issue

 

How homely is my Father

So humble, so good to be around

So glad to sit with me His child

To eat and drink

To laugh and smile ,

To chat, converse

As if I were the centre of His universe

 

john nuttall 2020