By The Riverside

By the Riverside
He exalts my soul
His spirit runs
Through me as fast
As this river flows
Brown grass turns green
My eyes now open, I can see!
What I thought was dead and buried,
Now alive in my conscience!
This feeling of bliss surrounds me,
And nothing can hurt me!
And like the river he guides me
Through scattered rocks
And thoughtless waste
And through the river
I feel the Son
and my heart becomes pure
Like this water in my soul
And with his spirit,
I know... Life
And all that is right

I wrote this shortly after I felt the Lord's presence

for the first time nearly 10 years ago.