seeking God

(writings of my Dad)

I Sought for God

I sought for God along life’s busy highway

I turned and walked in Nature’s paths of grandeur

I sought for God in a great Cathedral

I prayed within a quiet lonely heart

Oh God I’ve found my burdened heart is free

I watch the throngs rush in a maddening pace

The glorious sunset, fragrant flowers at my feet

With awe, the building beauty filled my eye

The thoughts of earth came and pressed me hard

My sins forgiven, new life within the man

No time to stop and seek their Holy Maker

The pleasant valleys, the woods and mountain peaks

Majestic music strains did fill the air

Oh God forgive my darkest sins forgive

Oh wondrous God such love I do behold

No thought of God in life’s petty little race

I saw His works, but Him I could not meet

The pastor spoke of things beyond the sky

For I believe and hunger for Thee Lord

Touch me, use me in Thy Holy plan

I found him not, and none to help me there

I must find God, but then I knew not where

I worshiped God, but did not loose my care

I found Him then, beheld His countenance fair

I’ve found my God, His message I do declare

JW Smithwick