When he cups my chin and says "welcome home"

" I will drop my longing for home when I see my father. Those I love will shout. Those I know will applaud. But the noise will stop when he cups my chin and says "welcome home."With scarred hands he will wipe away every tear from my eyes. And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."

Max Lucado 

Hope please rise in physical bodies

Promise please settle in weary hearts 

Truth please reveal in troubled minds

Beauty please captivate lost souls

Jesus please whisper into deaf ears

Jesus please clear blurred vision

Jesus please unclench fearful fists

You see, you know

The homeless

The afflicted

The scared

The abused 

The forgotten

The addicted

The sexually exploited

The lonely

The foreigners

The wandering

Your heart aches for the deep longing in each beloved one for home

You desire to cup each and every chin, and say "welcome home"

You yearn to touch each with scarred hands

To wipe away each tear from every eye

To beckon, and invite each precious child to dwell in your house forever