YOU KEEP TELLING ME “DON’T BE AFRAID,”
IN THIS BOOK THAT YOU’VE GIVEN TO ME…
AND I’VE TRIED, LORD, I’M STILL TRYING,
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE AN IMPOSSIBILITY.

I LOOK AROUND AND SEE SO MUCH
THAT CAN EASILY BRING ME DOWN
TO A PLACE OF DOUBT, WORRY, AND FEAR.
I’M JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO COME AROUND.

SO EVERYDAY I WAKE UP AGAIN
WAITING FOR SOMETHING NEW-
EYES WIDE OPEN AND CRYING OUT,
WHAT ELSE IS THERE FOR ME TO DO?

THE PAIN SOME DAYS, LORD, YOU KNOW
IS SO HARD TO CARRY ALONE.
BUT ALONE IS WHERE LIFE HAS ME,
SOME DAYS IT FEELS LIKE EVEN YOU’RE GONE.

EACH DAY IS ENDED WITH ANOTHER ROUND
OF ME CRYING FOR YOU TO ANSWER ME…
I HOPE YOU ARE STILL LISTENING,
BECAUSE YOUR FACE I CANNOT SEE.

STILL, WHEN LIFE IS FAR FROM HAPPY
I WILL CONTINUE TO CRY OUT TO YOU,
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE MY ONLY HOPE
I KNOW YOUR WORDS WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE.

AND THOUGH MY SORROW MAY BE GREAT,
AND THE TEARS MAY STILL FILL MY EYES,
I KNOW ONE DAY YOU WILL MAKE ALL THINGS NEW
AND BRING TO TRUTH ALL OF THE LIES.

BECAUSE THOUGH THE HURT WE ENDURE HERE
MAY BE GREAT AND HORRIBLE TO FEEL,
YOU ARE MUCH, MUCH BIGGER THAN ALL THE PAIN,
ONE DAY EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE YOU WILL HEAL.

I’LL HOLD ONTO THIS HOPE YOU’VE GIVEN,
I’LL HOLD TIGHT TO IT, THOUGH AT TIMES IT SEEMS SMALL.
AND I’LL KEEP LOOKING TO YOU LORD JESUS,
THE CREATOR AND LOVER OF ALL.


January 11, 2009