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A STEP CLOSER

(T. Beechey)



In all sincerity, it's a little hard to handle

Channel after channel, one more tale unfolds

Of a soldier giving all for his God and country

But would God really want this soul to grow cold?

Sometimes I wonder what's the reason he kept going

It's knowing there's a Promise waiting in a Promised Land

And so I'll bide my time until my name is uttered

Through the fluttering of angels' wings --- Savior, take my Hand



Each day's a step closer to You, Lord

I'm looking forward to redemption that's found within your Name

And I came full circle just to be reunited

With the Light that surrounds and accepts without blame



As I look around me, all I ever find is sorrow

With tomorrows never brighter as the day before

There's war and there's suffering by those so undeserving

What purpose is served and why are they ignored?

Their cries fill the air, yet no one ever listens

In the distance, only gunfire echoes the refrain

As another rain of anguish falls down in torrents

Unwarranted and this thought helps to keep me sane



Each day's a step closer to You, Lord

I'm looking forward to redemption that's found within your Name

And I came full circle just to be reunited

With the Light that surrounds and accepts without blame



I pick up the paper and I read the awful headlines

The signs are apparent even to the blind

Still I find no comfort in the news that's reported

I've sorted through the notions that are racing through my mind

But there's no explanation that can satisfy my wonder

Why's the thunder of a battle now a youngster's lullaby?

I've tried to understand, but each turn of the pages

Cause the rages to embellish and so I voice this cry:



Each day's a step closer to You, Lord

I'm looking forward to redemption that's found within your Name

And I came full circle just to be reunited

With the Light that surrounds and accepts without blame