Proximity

Proximity

by Joel Howard

I will lead out of proximity

You will find me close, you see

I will lean in, listening

When I hear you have a problem

I will minister out of proximity

Longevity my strategy

Look you in the eyes, press in to the mess

You will find my faithfulness

When no one has the answer but God unseen

Still you'll find me listening

Every anxiety, every drop you bleed

I will love you with simplicity

Draw close to you and you to me

When you fear and react

to what you see I will hold your hand

When you cry for pain and want to run

I'll lean in again

My only verb will be "stay"

I will love you in this way

A friend indeed you'll have in me

I will love you with simplicity

I will know you through proximity
In every kind of complexity
You will find some rest in me