©2011 Susan Noyes Anderson

 

 

The day I stand before the bar,

I hope to find in me

the person my beloved Savior

knows that I can be.

 

I hope I will have earned the pow’r,

enabled by His grace,

to look into His eyes and feel

the warmth of His embrace.

 

I pray I will have gathered light

sufficient to withstand

the brilliance of His countenance,

the glory of His hand.

 

The wonder of His presence and

the right to have Him near

are everything that’s sacred,

every gift my heart holds dear.

 

One day, I long to hear Him say,

“Well done. You passed the test.

Come, good and faithful servant,

enter now into My rest.”