If Jesus came to your house.

If Jesus came to your house to spend a
   day or two
If he came unexpectedly, I wonder what
   you'd do.
Oh, I know you'd give your nicest room
   to such an honered Guest,
And all the food you'd serve to Him
   would be the very best,
And you keep assuring Him
   you're glad to have Him there
That serving Him in your own home is
   joy beyond compare.

But when you saw Him coming,
   would you meet Him at the door
With arms outstreched in welcome to
   your heavenly Visitor?
Or would you have to change your
   clothes before you let Him in?
Or hide some magazines and put the
   Bible where they'd been?
Would you turn off the radio and hope
   He hadn't heard?
And wish you hadn't uttered that last,
   loud, hasty word?

Would you hide your worldly music and
   put some hymn books out?
Could you let Jesus walk right in, or
   would you rush about?
And I wonder if the Savior spent
   a day or two with you,
Would you go right on doing the things
   you always do?
Would you go right on saying the things
   you always say?
Would life for you continue as it does
   from day to day?

Would your family conversation keep
   up its usual pace?
And would you find it hard each meal
   to say a table grace?
Would you sing the songs you always
   sing, and read the books you read,
And let him know the things on which
   your mind and spirit feed?
Would you take Jesus with you every-
   where you'd planned to go?
Or would you, maybe, change your plans
   for just a day or so?

Would you be glad to have Him meet
   your very closest friends?
Or would you hope they'd stay away
   until His visit ends?
Would you be glad to have Him stay
   forever on and on?
Or would you sigh with great relief
   when He at last was gone?
It might be interesting to know the
   things that you would do
If Jesus Christ in person came to spend
   some time with you.

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