Missing Missing

Friendship is a burden

That’s hard for me to bear

When I’m tired and I’m hurting

From the sorrow in the air

This care I have for everyone

Is coming at a cost

And this fight I know I haven’t won

I hope I haven’t lost

Thank You, Lord, for giving me

The grace to carry on

In each conversation willingly

Before the chance is gone

But now we’re separated

By an isolating wall

As my care for you has faded

I’m not missing you at all

If absence makes you fonder

Then why am I so cold

My heart is prone to wander

Even farther from the fold

I’ll talk to you and pray for you

Just like I always did

But honestly I’m glad it’s true

That I am off the grid

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I’ve longed so long to come along

And share community

I feel the lack of lacking lack

Apart from unity

I see the secret sea that seasons

Hard immunity

But will my will be willing when

There’s opportunity?

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Friendship is a blessing

To ease the burdened soul

To strengthen us for pressing

Toward the final goal

And as we tend to every part

We’re filled with Christ within

And waging battles of the heart

Together, we shall win

Gracious Father, King on High

We praise Your holy name

And pray Your church would unify

As You and Christ the same

Bridge the gap between us now

With Holy Spirit fire

And on our calloused hearts endow

Relational desire

Far apart, we value better

Warmth of company

In thy goodness like a fetter

Bound as family

And as we share and as we pray

More often than before

We’re truly hastening the day

With Christ forevermore