To Be Near You Poem by Oyekake Satty (O S) Joshua

To be near you and all my wandering arrested
To rest in your embrace, your hands comforting
To yield to your beckoning, your Spirit leading
To live in your presence, your splendor evoking
Abreast in all undertaking, your word attesting
Bequeathed each new day, your grace attending
Furled in faith and hope, my life daily sustained

And all life’s vagaries and distrait duly acquitted
I set sail, my head high, my hands outstretched
My heart gathered, seizing on virtue and prudence
My steps steady, guided with honor and integrity
And my soul enliven with a veritable aura of love
To evince all things the splendor of your holiness
In my life of gratitude, my heart, my work, my all