No Vacancy

 

There are so many rooms in my house

And yet things close in all around

rooms without doors and walls without windows

And secret places I've not even found

Rooms I've left locked up tight

Rooms where I couldn't even turn on a light

Where I kept my captive loves

Though I was full it was just not enough

No Vacancy-

Once there was no room for Him in the inn

'Cause every space was occupied by sin

But He emptied me out

Now there's no room left for doubt

No vacancy

 

So many rooms in my house

rented to whoever had the price

Pieces of my self locked away there

Thought that filling up the rooms would suffice

Occupied by forces I didn't understand

I gave myself over to the ways of man

What dwelt inside was garbage to the ceiling

Locked the doors on the trash they were concealing

No Vacancy-

I've got nothing now to hide

Now that Jesus resides in my house

It was so simple-

He made me into a temple

No Vacany- now there's no vacancy...

 

May 1986

Anthony Foster