In His Eyes

I gave my heart to Jesus  

When I was just a child,

And as I reached to take His hand,

He looked at me and smiled.

I saw His joy in saving me,

Bright and undisguised,

But something deeply hidde

Was written in His eyes

When my heart was torn assunder

By cruel and empty man,

In His eyes I saw pity

And what I could not understand.

Later, fear oppressed me

For my life's not guaranteed,

But God's face held the conviction

That by His grace I had been freed

But still I could not fathom

That which I could not see,

But I desired more than anything

To know what it could be.

I loved to look at Jesus

And the beauty of His face

And revel in the feeling

That I still could not place.

But then I turned my eyes away

To look to worldly sin

Forgetting what was in His eyes

And what it could have been

For a while, sin seemed awesome

Till I began to recall

The face of my Savior

Which long ago I saw.

I felt such guilt and sorrow

For I did willingly betray

The God who'd given life to me.

For myself, what could I say?

I could not bear to look again

On those beloved eyes

I knew what I would see in them

For, me, He must despise.

With downcast eyes, I walked through life,

Completely unaware

Until the constant wondering

Was more than I could bear.

I chanced to look "just one more time"

And what I saw was a surprise

There again no longer hid

Was something in His eyes.

How could I have missed it?

Into my heart it burned.

Perhaps to understand it

Through absense, I had learned.

Til my time of greatest need,

God waited to reveal

The most profound emotion

Which His perfect heart did feel.

As I looked into His eyes,

My heart began to race

For I knew I'd see forever

That emotion in His face

It was beyond imagination

And cannot be explained

More beautiful than anything.

It overcamee my pain.

And as I write with pen in hand,

My eyes stare up above

At what I saw inside His eyes

Unrestricted Love.