God's Grace
I did not know His love before,
The way I
know it now.
I could not see my need for Him,
My pride
would not allow.
I had it all, without a care,
The
"self-sufficient" lie.
My path was smooth, my sea was
still,
Not a cloud was in my sky.
I thought I knew
His love for me,
I thought I'd seen His grace,
I thought
I did not need to grow,
I thought I'd found my
place.
But then the way grew rough and dark,
The storm
clouds quickly rolled;
The waves began to rock my
ship,
I found I had no hold.
The ship that I had
built myself
Was made of foolish pride.
It fell apart
and left me bare,
With nowhere else to hide.
I had no
strength or faith to face
The trials that lay ahead,
And
so I simply spoke His name,
And bowed my weary
head.
His loving arms enveloped me,
And then He
helped me stand.
He said, "You still must face this
storm,
But I will hold your hand."
So through the dark
and lonely night,
He guided me through pain.
I could not
see the light of day,
Or when I'd smile again.
Yet
through the pain and endless tears,
My faith began to
grow.
I could not see it at the time,
But my light began
to glow.
I saw God's love in a brand new light,
His
grace and mercy, too.
For only when all self was
gone,
Could Jesus' love shine through.
It was not
easy in the storm,
I sometimes wondered why.
At times I
thought, "I can't go on."
I'd hurt, and doubt, and
cry.
But Jesus never left my side,
He guided me each
day.
Through pain and strife,
He helped me all the
way.
And now I see as ne'er before,
How great His
love can be.
How in my weakness He is strong,
How Jesus
cares for me!
He worked it all out for my good,
Although
the way was rough.
He only sent what I could bear,
And
then He said, "Enough!"
He raised His hand and said,
"Be still!"
He made the storm clouds cease.
He opened up
the gates of joy,
And flooded me with peace.
I saw His
face now clearer still,
I felt His presence strong,
I
found anew His faithfulness,
He never did me
wrong.
And now I know more storms will come,
But
only for my good.
For pain and tears have helped me
grow,
As nothing ever could.
I still have so much more
to learn,
As Jesus works in me;
If in the storm I'll
love Him more,
That's where I want to be!
Author Unknown
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