A New Song

As the deer pants for water Lord,
I pant for you today.
My soul, it longs to be with you,
complete in every way.

You're the rock of my salvation Lord,
in you only I trust.
As I patiently wait for you to call,
my patience is a must.

There's a new song in my heart today,
a song of love for you.
In the valley praises reached my lips,
before they could not do.

A new song wells within my soul,
as I walk this desert land.
New songs the mountain could not bring,
of the mercy in your hand.

Speak to me the words of praise,
that will bless your Holy ears.
Teach me how to touch your soul,
and bathe me in your tears.

As you walk me down this Holy path,
I will follow like the blind.
As you heal my heart with every step,
and renew my failing mind.

My repentant heart now leaps for joy,
as it hangs upon the cross.
A sinful heart, that had slipped away,
I thought forever lost.

But your mercy came with opened arms,
and saved me from the dead.
As the fatted calf was killed for me,
and a crown placed on my head.

Now your mercy will I always sing,
even in my darkest days.
You're the refuge of my broken heart,
the receiver of my praise.

I long to touch your nail scarred hands,
to see your precious face.
To soothe those stripes upon your back,
that you suffered in my place.

Now fill me full of your Holy Ghost,
keep flooding me till death.
So full, that when you speak my name,
I can feel your very breath.

My hands will praise you night and day,
and my voice will never cease.
My life will echo the mercy you've shown,
and worship the Prince of Peace.

A new song has risen up through my soul,
and my love for you has soared.
A song of thanksgiving from deep within,
to Jesus Christ, my Lord.

~Timothy Jon Barrett~