I can't find the bible verses that inspired this song. Every word means much to me as I look ahead at the remaining days of this year and see the year come to an end.
Far better is to be with You
Even for a day
Than to live a thousand years
And to never see
One glimpse of Your face
As for me I want to be
Close to You
All my days I want to live
In Your house
So take me
Make Your home in my heart
Wash away these guilty stains
Make me like You are
Surround me
Closer than the air that I breathe
Because You have loved me
I want to be
A friend of God
Even for a day
Than to live a thousand years
And to never see
One glimpse of Your face
As for me I want to be
Close to You
All my days I want to live
In Your house
So take me
Make Your home in my heart
Wash away these guilty stains
Make me like You are
Surround me
Closer than the air that I breathe
Because You have loved me
I want to be
A friend of God
M.
"If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far" (Philippians 1:22-23)
