Not one is lost

You never left your Father’s house,
you never lost the way.
No matter what the evidence
that claims you went astray.

The path is there for you to keep,
all narrow safe and bright
But if you choose another one –
that too is in God’s sight.

And He will guide you through the mist
and over trackless hill
Till chastened, meek, regenerate –
you learn to do Love’s will.

No cave in deepest reach of earth –
nor pit of black despair
Can hide you from the Father’s Love
nor keep you from His care.
                            
                              --author unknown

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