Where are you?

"Where are you?" the whisper comes, 
I cringe,and I hide. I wonder, "should I run?"
Like my mother Eve, I don't want to be found,
I hide in a corner, afraid of the Sun. 

"Where are you?"  the voice is heard!
He is coming closer, the living Word.
I quake inside, afraid He will see, 
the horrible mess inside of me!

"Where are you?" I hear Him say
His voice is gentle, and kind. 
I almost move from my hiding
but shrink back remembering the chains that are binding

Then suddenly the night is ablaze with light, 
My heart is exposed as His glory shines down!
I quake and I tremble, now with great fear and awe
The angels proclaim "Peace on Earth" and skies are filled with Heaven's sound

"Where are you?" I hear the words ring in my heart
The words seem spoken now right in my heart
I bend over the manager and the tears start to flow

"Here I am" He speaks to my heart
as His love breaks my walls
and the chains come apart

Immanuel, came down to dwell with us
He came as a babe, humble and small
A Gift given once, for one and for all