by Annette Bromley

Created on: April 02, 2010

THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER

Sitting on the sandy beach

looking out to sea,

waves rolling in upon the shore,

a blue sky over me,

I thought how marvelous these moments,

my life relaxed and filled with peace;

it’s so safe here in the harbor,

all my troubles out of reach

and for the moment forgotten

as I sat there on the beach.

I noticed in the distance,

a lighthouse on a cliff.

By the day, though it’s aesthetic,

it’s at night it truly shines,

a beacon in the darkness

guiding sailors safely home

Safely away from any danger,

casting a path across the water

to let them know they’re not alone.

The keeper of the lighthouse

lights the way so we may see

through the fog and through the storms

so we may come home safely.

In the lighthouse is the keeper,

always watching, always guiding,

faithful and trustworthy,

always there abiding,

keeping the light burning

to shine a pathway home.

I felt so safe there in the harbor,

all my troubles out of reach,

for the moment all forgotten

as I sat there on the beach

with the lighthouse in the distance

and a clear sky over me.

The keeper of the lighthouse,

what a good analogy;

Jesus, our lighthouse keeper

lighting the way for you and me,

always watchful, always guiding,

lighting the path for us,

I thought, yes, it’s the lighthouse keeper

in whom sailors put their trust

just as my heart does in Jesus

as I sail o’er this life’s seas

heading toward the harbor

with His light guiding me.

He is my lighthouse keeper

lighting my pathway home

and with Jesus in the lighthouse

I shall never sail alone.

His light is always shining,

lighting the way across life’s seas,

guiding me that safe harbor

where the keeper waits for me.

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