A Song For Today

You know how sometimes you find yourself singing a song only to realize that you don't remember all the words? Or does that only happen to me?
Anyway, tonight I was sitting at the piano, just playing for the fun of it -kids in bed, hubby studying, just me and the piano having a little 'quality time', and I began playing an arrangment of a song that I put together several years ago, and haven't played lately. As I played I was singing along with myself in my head, and started to realize that I always sing the first verse, but could never remember the second. So, me, with my 'must research this subject' brain, I decided to go hunt up the words. What I found was a song that, though it was written quite a few years ago, is still very relevant for today; it made me stop and think. I thought I'd share it:

Every day, they pass me by,
I can see it in their eyes;
Empty peole filled with care -
Headed who knows where.
On they go in private pain,
Living fear to fear;
Laughter hides the silent cries
Only Jesus hears.

People need the Lord,
People need the Lord
At the end of broken dreams,
He's the open door
People need the Lord,
People need the Lord
When will we realize
People need the Lord.

We are called to take His light
To a world where wrong seems right
What could be too great a cost
For sharing life with one who's lost?
Through His love our hearts can feel
All the grief they bear;
They MUST hear the words of life
Only we can share.

People need the Lord,
People need the Lord
At the end of broken dreams,
He's the open door.
People need the Lord,
People need the Lord
When will we realize
That we must give our lives?
For, people need the Lord
People need the Lord!

(by Greg Nelson & Phill McHugh, (c) 1983)

What have we done to show them the way?