I Miss Church
I miss church, Lord - I miss hearing Your Word and seeing my church family
when we enter this place, see each other face to face, there’s so many smiles to see
the fellowship’s there, with music in the air as we lift our voices to sing
with hymns we all love and inspiration from above and thoughts that the sermons bring
to our heads and our hearts, the spirit helps impart the messages that we learn
as we daily pray from home, feeling quite alone, yet for our church group we yearn
You guide us so true, no matter how blue, we’re reminded to always share
with our community, as Christians in unity, our God is always there
whenever there’s strife in anyone’s life I can’t help but want to pray
with Bible in hand, wherever in this land, it is the light in everyone’s day
Oh, Lord, help us now to see what you want us to be, let us bow our heads wherever we are
No shaking hands for a while, this can be a trial, missing church together from afar
Yet I think how God’s plan, that leaving home is banned, and ponder church for us
it’s not a building, you know, church wherever we go, “guards our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus”.
We know it will be alright, for Jesus is the light, as the meaning of church becomes clear
For God’s love is a plus, the Body of Christ is in us, we can get through this together, my dears.
Written by Cheryl Nolte the week of April 7, 2020 (missing the gathering of church due to the COVID-19 pandemic)