Christian poem 'Your Sanctuary' by Kathleen Higham (Christart.com)

Your Sanctuary
by Kathleen Higham

Not till I entered Your Sanctuary
Did this weary soul concede
Not in Your Book, Your Scripture
Or even the Apostle's Creed.

Not till I entered Your Sanctuary
Where peace is beyond my mind
Could I imagine the consequence
That You my Lord, I would find.

Not till I entered Your Sanctuary
When I had no reason to live
Reaching out in utter despair
Crying to God, please forgive.

Not till I entered Your Sanctuary
Would Your Word in me revive
An unsaved heart so broken
But craving the will to survive.

Not till I entered Your Sanctuary
And surrendered to You my all
Came a consciousness of the sacrifice
Then weeping to my knees, I fall.

Not till I entered Your Sanctuary
Miraculously my fears subside
A flood of tears so cleansing
Understanding the reason You died.

Not till I entered Your Sanctuary
Possessed but unloosened, free
As the oppressiveness of my life
Succumbs to the God of my destiny.

Not till I entered Your Sanctuary
A vision, simplistic, unfurled
Releasing me from a certain death
When at last I denounced this world.

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