Fences

Fences are built on cloudy days
By the strong hands of many men
Fences are built with fallen trees
To keep things out and keep them in.

Fences are built in the blazing sun
Keeping within the property line
Fences are built lest we forget
What is yours and what is mine.

The strongest fences I've ever seen
Are the ones I saw in someone's heart
Maintained with precision and labored days
To keep this man and his Lord apart.

Waiting there where the grass is greener
I saw the Lord with grace throughout
And I knew the fence that wouldn't let Him in
Would someday soon never let Him out.

~Lisa Bose