When ’neath my feet the strong ground quakes
And starry host above me shakes,
When dark clouds turn the day to night
All barring me from living light,
From corners dark then scurries those
Whose lies the darkness won’t expose.
The lies they speak are formed so well
That truth from falsehood none can tell,
And thus like goat outside the camp,
Long doomed am I to ever tramp
Down valleys low and mountains high,
I, far from man, to you draw nigh.
I come from valley of dark death
Enlivened by your holy breath,
Spurred on to lands I do not know
I follow you where’re you go.
I trust in you on lighted path
That leads away from false foe’s wrath.
Yet even so deep down inside
Lies heavy heart and broken pride,
It’s true my pride you need to break
And of me humble man to make.
But with my heavy heart I find
That fear has taken o’er my mind,
And trusting you is hard to do,
Will you my dead heart, Lord, renew?
The heaviness within my soul
Please lift its weight; please make me whole,
For I know that the dark nights end
Then on my path your light you’ll send,
And on life’s ways that are not known
Might self I find; I am your own.
Do with me as you desire,
Draw me to you ever higher,
Lord, draw me in the ways you must
So in you I will learn to trust.
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Leroy Case
March 4, 2017 at 8:32 amIt amazes me that you can keep writing all of these pieces. When Scripture says we have a well of living water within us that never runs dry, I get it as I think on all the written pieces you have done over the last few years. I know this poetic series has been done for awhile and you’ve been posting them as they come up in the order but still. It’s very cool.