AS I WALKED INTO YOUR HOUSE,
I SAW AN EMPTY SEAT, SO I CAME IN TO
SET DOWN SO I COULD REST MY FEET..
SOMETHING TOLD ME TO BE THERE THAT DAY,
MAYBE YOU HAD SOMETHING TO ME YOU NEEDED TO SAY,
AMONGST ALL THESE PEOPLE I HAVE NEVER SEEN
BEFORE, MAYBE TO HEAL ME OF A HEART THAT IS
SO VERY SORE.
I LISTENED TO EVERY WORD THAT WAS SAID,
REALIZING I WAS HOLDING ON BUT ONLY BY A THREAD,
I HAD WALKED AWAY FROM YOU FOR A LONG WHILE,
YET YOU WELCOMED ME BACK HOME BECAUSE I'M YOUR
CHILD...
YOU SAID TO ME,"WELCOME BACK TO MY PLACE".
THEN SENT ME A MESSAGE OF AMAZING GRACE.
IT TOOK A FEW DAYS FOR YOU TO GET BACK IN,
YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE TO FORGIVE ME FOR
ALL MY SINS.
AS I BOWED MY HEAD TO PRAY,TEARS RAN DOWN MY
CHEEKS, SOME THINK SOME THIN.
THEN I HEARD YOUR VOICE SO SOFT YET STERN,
"RENEE LOMBARDO WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?"
NOT KNOWING QUITE WHAT TO SAY, I CONTINUED
TO LISTEN AND CONTINUED TO PRAY.
LORD FOR ALL THIS TIME I'VE BEEN LOST. MY
LIFE HAS BEEN TWISTED TURNED AND TOSSED,
I THOUGHT YOU HAD FORGOT ME,DIDN'T HEAR ME
WHEN I SPOKE, MY HEART HAS BEEN BEATEN, BATTER, AND BROKE...
THEN I HEARD YOU SPEAK AGAIN....
AT THAT TIME I KNEW THERE WAS HOPE.
THIS SEAT WAS MEANT FOR ME TO SIT HEAR,
TO RECEIVE YOUR MESSAGE THAT WAS SO VERY CLEAR,
YOU SAID UNTO ME "I NEVER LEFT YOU I WAS HERE
ALL ALONG,I HERD YOUR CRIES, SAW THE TEARS IN YOUR EYES.
FOR YOU ARE MY CHILD I FORGIVE ALL YOUR LIES,
LET GO OF YOUR FEAR LET BACK IN YOUR HEART MY DEAR"
SCARED OF WHAT ALL THESE PEOPLE MIGHT SAT
SCARED TO GET ON MY KNEES AND PRAY.
IN A STERN VOICE YOU SAID UNTO ME
"FEAR NOT MY CHILD AND WALK AGAIN WITH ME"