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STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY I SEE A NEED FOR CHANGES LORD I'M NOT THE PERSON I WANT TO BE THERE'S THE ME THAT I SHOW TO PEOPLE AROUND BUT THERE'S A SIDE I WON'T LET THEM SEE I DON'T WANT THEM TO KNOW HOW ANGRY I GET OR HOW I LIVE WITH SO MANY FEARS HOW AT TIMES I FEEL VERY JEALOUS OR SENSITIVE AND CAN'T HOLD BACK MY TEARS DAYS GO BY WHEN I'M NOT IN YOUR WORD AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT'S TOO HARD TO PRAY SOMETIMES I FEEL SO DISCOURAGED AND I'M NOT CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT I SAY AT TIMES I WANT TO RUN AWAY JUST AS FAR AWAY AS I CAN I'M SURE I MUST HAVE MESSED UP SOME PART OF YOUR ETERNAL PLAN THERE ARE THOSE NIGHTS WHEN SLEEP WON'T COME AS I LAY THERE I TURN AND I TOSS MY QUESTION INEVITABLY ENDS UP "WAS I REALLY WORTH THE CROSS?" BUT LOUD AND CLEAR YOU SAID TO ME MY DEATH WAS BECAUSE I LOVE YOU AND IF MY FATHER SAID DO IT AGAIN, I WOULD EVEN IF IT WAS ONLY FOR YOU PRAISE GOD YOU DON'T SEE ME THROUGH EARTHLY EYES BUT LOVINGLY AS YOUR CREATION AND YOU EQUALLY LOVE ALL PEOPLE ON EARTH FROM EVERY TRIBE AND NATION YOU WANT ME TO DRAW MUCH CLOSER TO YOU AND DWELL IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND YOU WON'T LET ME FALL AND CAN'T LET ME GO AS I LIVE IN THIS FOREIGN LAND HELP ME OH SAVIOUR TO KEEP LOOKING AT YOU AS I MOVE ON TO REACH MY GOAL FOR THE ROAD THAT I TROD DOWN HERE BELOW HAS MANY A GIANT POTHOLE THE ONLY WAY TO REACH THE END IS TO WALK IN STEPS SET OUT JUST FOR ME MY SPIRIT WILL SOAR - I'LL HAVE STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY AND ONLY THEN WILL I TRULY BE FREE. ~PEGGY MARRIE RILEY WRITTEN AT JACKSON'S POINT Copyright ©JUNE 10, 1997 |
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