When Christ First Comes

The rush inside seems quite unreal
You feel you’ve left the ground
You change so much at first you feel
As though you’re Heaven bound

You can’t sit still, no need to sleep
You seem to friends quite odd
Your heart’s so full you long to leap
Straight in the arms of God

I’m saved! I’m saved! You love to cry
Your thoughts are full of love
In Christ you feel you’d love to die
And join Him high above

But life in Christ has just begun
We’ve just received the sword
The war on sin, must first be won
Before we join our Lord

Yet deep inside like butterflies
You’re vibrant, full of zest
No matter how the devil tries
Sweet joy pulsates your breast

You seek the bible night and day
It’s always close at hand
You find you have a lot to say
Yet don’t quite understand

You want to sing, you want to shout
Go out and tell the earth
That’s what salvation’s all about
Thank God for second birth

My love of God has not grown cold
Joy’s bubble hasn’t burst
Though years have passed, now grey and old
Yet still for Christ I thirst.