LONGING FOR BELONGING

July 12, 2012

I’m feeling kinda lonely,
I’m feeling pretty blue.
I’m feeling like my heart has died
And my brain has turned to glue.
I’ve started walking upside-down
Yet feeling like I’m inside out.
I know someday I’ll feel at home
But even this I sometimes doubt.

          I’m longing for belonging
          For peace at least
          I don’t want to roam.
          I just want a home,
          A place to belong
          But my journey is long
          And my journey is tough
          But this worlds not enough.
               This world is not my home.
               I’m only passing through.
               Though in this world I roam
               This world will never do.

I’m missing all my friends.
It’s like I’ve lost a limb.
My present is monotonous
My future seems so grim.
It mocks me with uncertainties.
Yet everyone tells me there is hope.
Day after day I don’t belong,
And in this world I cannot cope.

Christ, too, longed for belonging
For the likes of you and me.
When He came to give His all for us
Upon that blessed tree.
Christ knows the pain so deep inside.
He knows the strains, the hurts, the strife.
He’s felt the ache when far from God.
Yet He beat death to give us life.

          I’m not alone. I’m not unknown.
          God took my wrongs. Now I belong.
          He gave His all, so He could call
          Me as His own. Now I am home.
          I’ve found my place, inside God’s grace.
          I’ll rest at last, secure and fast
          In arms of love, in heaven above.
          Longing no more. Belonging for sure.