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