I AM MY ONLY SHEEP

 

I AM MY ONLY SHEEP

I FELT THE CALL OF GOD SO STRONG UPON MY HEART

I SET OUT TO BUILD A CHURCH AND TRY TO DO MY PART

THE WALLS, THEY WENT UP SLOWLY

BECAUSE I LABORED ALL ALONE

BUT I KNEW WHEN IT WAS FINISHED

THE CROWDS WOULD SURLY COME

FROM MY CONGREGATION I NEVER HEAR A PEEP

CAUSE l AM MY ONLY SHEEP

I STOOD BEHIND THE PULPIT A WAITING FOR THE FLOCK

MY HEART BEGAN TO SINK WHEN I LOOKED AT THE CLOCK

IT WAS NEAR 10:30, THEY KNEW WE MEET AT 10:00

THEN I SAID TO JESUS, O’ NO PLEASE NOT AGAIN

IF MY SERMON IS KIND OF BORING SOMETIMES I FALL ASLEEP

I AM MY ONLY SHEEP

WELL THE CONGREGATION I SEEN WAS MIGHTY SMALL

SO I HUNG ME MIRRORS ALL AROUND THE WALL

IT’S BEEN THIS WAY 2 YEARS NOW

AND NO ONE EVER CALLS

I THINK THERE OUT AT MOVIES

OR MAYBE SHOPPING MALLS

AT THE FOOT WASHING SERVICE I HAD TO WASH THEM BOTH

CAUSE I AM MY ONLY SHEEP

WHEN I TOOK ATTENDANCE; THERE WAS ONLY ONE

THEN I COUNTED THE OFFERING; AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS NONE

THE LORD, HE SPOKE UNTO ME

AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID

I’M GOING TO POUR MY SPIRIT OUT

RIGHT UPON YOUR HEAD

THEN HE SAID UNTO ME “YOU MUST NEVER DOUBT OR FEAR

NUMBERS I’M NOT COUNTING, IT’S HEARTS THAT I HOLD DEAR”

I GAVE THE ALTER CALL AND TO THE FRONT I CAME

I LAID MY OWN HANDS ON ME, AND BY HIS SPIRIT I WAS SLAIN

LORD I HAD A GREAT TIME, THIS SUNDAY WAS THE BEST

HOWEVER, IF I COULD MAKE OF YOU, JUST THIS ONE REQUEST

IF YOU COULD PLEASE LORD, ONLY THIS ONE TIME

NEXT WEEK LORD, KEEP ALL THE PEOPLE HOME

SO WE CAN MEET NEXT SUNDAY, HERE AGAIN, ALONE

 

By Howard Smith   4/18/2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

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