25.2.09

more than just a song.

lord, i have a heavy burden of all i've seen,
and it's more than i can handle.
but your word is burning like a fire
shut up in my bones...
and i can't let it go.

and when i'm weary and overwrought
with so many battles left unfought.

i think of paul and sylas in the prison yard,
i hear their song of freedom rising to the stars.
and when the saints go marching in,
i want to be one of them.

lord, it's all that i can't carry and cannot leave behind,
but your word has compelled me.
cause when i think of all who've gone before me and lived the faithful life.

and when i'm weary and overwrought
with so many battles left unfought.

i think of paul and silas in the prison yard,
i hear their song of freedom rising to the stars.
i see the shepherd moses in the pharoh's court
i hear his call for freedom for the people of the lord.

and when the saints go marching in, i want to be one of them.

i see the long quiet walk along the underground railroad,
i see the slave awakening to the value of her soul.

i see the young missionary and the end of the spear,
i see his family returning with no trace of fear.

i see the long, hard shadows of calcutta nights;
i see the sisters standing by the leper's side.

i see the young girl huddled on the brother floor,
i see the man with a passion come and kicking down the door.

i see the man of sorrows and his long troubled road
i see the world on his shoulders, and my easy load.

and when the saints go marching in, i want to be one of them.








the italicized part, i have come to find is more than it seems.
it's not only in this physical realm and what a great man did
for a poor beaten down woman - but also what our king has 
done for us. hold tight to the fact that we are no longer slaves, 
but rather we are free and full of value because a man with a 
passion for his beloved kicked down the door and saved us.
be thankful for that today. i know i sure am.




1 comment:

[found] said...

Me, too, sweet girl......me too. It makes me cry tears of joy to know what He has done for me......