Safely Home

1. By faith I am seeking a city
Where the streets are paved with pure gold.
But now I'm only a pilgrim
And I must live like a sheep in the fold.

Chorus:
Oh, this world is a desert, a wilderness:
There's temptation wherever I roam.
But I know that my Shepherd will guide me
And by His Word I'll be led safely home.

2. Because the Lord God is my Shepherd,
He'll provide whatever I need.
To pastures green and still waters
Now, then in time, safely home He will lead.

3. In anguish, in pain and temptation
There are times when I lose my way.
But Jesus never forsakes me
He is my Shepherd Who guides night and day.

4. Some day, at the end of life's journey
I will hear the Shepherd say "Come,
'A place I have built here for you
'And now it's time you arrive safely home."

(Copyright 1984, by Walter E. Ferguson III.
All rights reserved.)