Faith

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I have encountered deceivers in shadowy valleys
Surrounded by Satan’s thugs in sin’s back alleys
There, before greedy swine I cast my pearls
They trampled them, then on cloven hooves whirled
While I watched, unbelieving, in horrified wonder
They attacked and began to rend me asunder
Yet every injury and every wound
Have led me to my Father’s Throne Room

There was a time I became hopelessly lost,
On a thoroughfare that was pleasant but false
Its promises appeared real, but were all counterfeit
An easily traveled road til I fell into its hellish pit
I fell hard and seemed doomed to an imminent death
Until I was rescued, sheltered, nourished and blessed
Even the time I spent wasting in that deep pit
Suffering every pestilence that hell could inflict
Was a stepping stone towards a faith that does not waiver
An unquestioning faith in Christ, my Lord & Savior

Climbing life’s mountains, struggling on the incline
Travelers extended helping hands, to some I extended mine
Some offered me sustenance, life-saving hope
about the time I thought I would slip on the slope
Some knowingly placed stumbling blocks
I tripped, tumbling heart-first onto the rocks
There grievous injuries I sustained and yet became
a survivor and a lover of Jesus' Holy Name

All my travels on life’s mean Highways
Have taught me to trust, pray, and praise
Every crooked path I’ve ever trod
Has been a step on my crooked path to God

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