I sat down on my bed that day,
And looked out on the hill.
A cross out in the distance said,
“The Lord is near, be still.”

My thoughts wondered back upon that week,
And the things that had happened.
I had worried a lot about myself,
And not the things that mattered.

I prayed, “Lord, forgive me,
For I know not what to do.
Please show me to see the way,
And help me this week through.”

The cross in the distance
Was placed there for me.
The cross in the distance
Is there for all to see.

September 1993