Words and music by Bob Hartman



(Chorus) 

We need Your deep love to keep us strong 

We need Your truth to show us right from wrong 

We need Your sweet peace to keep us calm 

We need Your comfort to show us we belong to You 



Sometimes we're like a river 

Always running from our Source 

But when we wonder why we're almost runnin' dry 

You restore us and return us to our course 



Sometimes we get so desperate 

Straying further from the fold 

But when it seems that we're losing all our dreams 

There's a Shepherd with a loving hand to hold 



Forgive us Lord 

For thinking we can make it without You in this world 



We're so foolish 

Sometimes we're like a fortress 

With our walls built all around 

But then Your love comes shining down from above 

And we stand and watch our walls come tumbling down