God's Gold
They bought gold from my adversary
Bought it when I would have given it
If they had been faithful
But they loved darkness
I would have given so much more
But they would be their own kings
They have their reward
But you, my child
I have heard your cries
Oh, how I have longed for this day
I have seen you on the road
I have run out to meet you
For you will I kill the fatted calf
I come to enfold you
In the tenderness of my embrace
I have come to you
To cover all of your shame
I have always loved you
But now, how you will see it
You will feel me within you
And with my life inside you
Then I will see only beauty
Believe only me
Throw off the lies against you
I descend upon you
To kiss you, my love
Receive me, open to my love
For I am yours to enjoy
Your Maker and your Husband
Coming into you
To give you Life
To comfort your weary travelers
They did bargain for your soul
Your future they sold
Whose shade I had made
Beneath the mighty oak
I was there when they sold you
Candles lit, delighting in evil
Your fathers gathered in sin
I watched from on high
I was there when it happened
I have not forgotten, my broken child
I have remembered
Stephen Pursell, 7/10/02, for Oroville,
from the heart of the Father