P R O D I G A L H E A R T

How quickly I forget The weight held in Your scars How swift to separate My fear from who You are How easily I turn From Your beauty to my dust How many times must I Re-settle into trust I'm slow to find Your voice behind the noise But how quickly You come running Over hills to welcome me How immense Your fierce affection That You'd bleed until I'm free How steady are the hands That stay my slipping feet So now we're here again By my rebellious heart Was so sure You'd let me go But despite me here You are Your death the only thing That could pierce deeper than my shame Your blood alone could quiet The roar of cosmic blame Your kindness more Than my fickle heart deserves And how quickly You come running Over hills to welcome me How immense Your fierce affection That You'd bleed until I'm free How steady are the hands That stay my slipping feet You've clothed me in Your finest robe Your name on the line by crediting mine Older brothers get angry And the kindness You've shown But there was price in the mercy Far greater than any we've known And how quickly You came running Over hills to welcome me How immense Your fierce affection That You'd bleed until I'm free How steady are the hands That stay my slipping feet How steady are the hands That stay my slipping feet --- P R O D I G A L H E A R T - Joshua Leventhal