Loving Arms

Stop your running….I have “run” many times in my life, thinking that I could outrun whatever it was that was troubling me. If only I could stay busy enough to get to the next day.  God has always been there the next day or when I slowed down and stopped.  His Loving Arms were there for me to fall into and take refuge in.  I wrote this in 1986 and as I said “The years drift on by like they were days”  is so true.  Stop your running, slow down and fall into the arms of Jesus while you have the chance. As my good friend Jack Kelly says “You can almost hear the footsteps of our Lord coming”

1. Just sitting down one day my mind drifts away

Things going my way makes me stop and wonder

Looking back down the road

I used to carry all the load

All those years alone made me stop and wonder

c Living is hard enough without a shoulder to lean on

The years drift on by like they were days

You need some loving arms to wrap around you

And gently steer you in the right way

2. When I look and see all the beauty that surrounds me

A deep blue sky the mountains high its God who designed it

You’ll miss it if you move too fast

You know that kind of life can’t last

Turn your eyes upon the God who designed it

3. God reaches out to you if you’ll only say I do

Believe what He says is true and stop your running

A brand new life you’ll find

You know He’ll surely change your mind

If you’ll only take the time to stop your running

Todd Wilson 1986