SHEPHERD WANTED

 

DOES YOUR HEART SEND OUT A BEAT

THAT SAYS," SHEPHERD WANTED"?

DOES YOUR MIND OFTEN REPEAT

THE WORDS, "SHEPHERD WANTED"?

 

MY HEART AND MIND DO SAY THE SAME,

THEY WANT SOMEONE TO GUIDE THEM.

THEY CRY OUT IN THE NIGHT, HIS NAME,

HIS NAME, THE NAME BESIDE THEM.

 

HIS NAME IS WONDERFUL, MIGHTY GOD,

AND ON THIS EARTH, HIS FEET DID TROD,

YET, WE OFTEN THINK HE IS AFAR,

AS FAR AS THE BLINKING STARS.

 

BUT, FRIEND, IF YOU CAN ONLY BELIEVE

HE IS THE RISEN SON OF GOD, YOU'LL RECEIVE

ETERNAL LIFE IN HIS PRESENCE SUBLIME,

ETERNAL LOVE FROM MY SAVIOR DIVINE.

 

MY HEART NOW, HAS ALL IT NEEDS,

MY MIND IS FULL OF HIS GREAT DEEDS,

AND I HAVE MY SHEPHERD FOREVER-MORE,

AND, FOR ME, THERE IS NO MORE NEED

 

TO CRY ALL NIGHT," SHEPHERD WANTED."

NO MORE NEED TO BE FILLED WITH FRIGHT,

FOR I HAVE HIM WITH ME DAY AND NIGHT,

MY SHEPHERD, JESUS, IS BY MY SIDE.

I HAVE MY SHEPHERD, MY HOLY SHEPHERD.

NO MORE DO I CRY," SHEPHERD WANTED."

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