Whispers In the Dark

As the ship went down beneath the raging sea The band was heard playing, “Nearer my God to Thee” As the two slipped below the waves and were gone The band played on… Let it never be cried That his love ever died It was love for his wife For which he gave his life A tale I would tell I would have you know Of my journey through hell You would think me mad though I thought it so ‘Twas for the sake of love’s light That gleamed ever bright On this barren shore ‘Twas this I fought for And shall fight evermore For which sins were my soul Bought, paid for, and sold To pay a price so high as to have lost My love and myself for the cost A well-worn path we all must trod In search for the meaning, in search of God We hear the lesson, but do not listen With our souls and our hearts For the meaning that’s always been there God had placed from the start Could the meaning of life we seek be as simple as this? To love others, to love God, and to follow your bliss? But we choose to make it hard thus We choose not to trust That we need God But he doesn’t necessarily need us… Good people do bad things That doesn’t make us evil We fall on our face Sometimes in disgrace But we are not bad people We are God’s children on earth Faulted and imperfect, and we are so at birth Up to the very minute we meet God Each unique and different, and even odd We must be human and live and let live And when we do fall we must get up and forgive And we must allow ourselves to be forgiven Because that’s what makes life worth living It’s what helps us to move on When our actions or thoughts have been bad or wrong For if we don’t forgive our self Then we put God up on a shelf Along with the other books of doubt That we use for a way out A way out other than God So we turn to the familiar, the comfortable But ultimately the flawed We make life harder than it should be Instead of turning it over to God We could simplify matters by saying, “Lord, please forgive me” “Allow me to begin again” “As clean as the morning dew” “Or freshly fallen snow” And God will forgive you That’s all you need to do Or all you need to know You won’t find God in books So there don’t even look So where should you seek God’s grace? God is in everyone, everything, and every place He wants to forgive So talk to him, give him a chance He just wants you to live And to teach you how to dance So just pray Give God the chance to say, “Come hither and know me better” “Don’t whither under chains or tether” “For I truly have the key” “To undo your locks and set you free” “Of your self-imposed bonds” “The box you’re in that you have built” “The one full of fear and guilt” “And sin that I may wash away” “And make you as clean as your birthday” “A day that should be celebrated” “For it was the day that you I created” “The day I gave you of me” “To become a human being” “The day I set you free in birth” “To live your life on earth” “For whatever you make it worth…” So with my love I slipped beneath the waves Fully believing that God loves and saves Those who love Him and believe with all their heart In God’s plans which we all play a part As the flame of life burned down to its last spark I heard God whisper in the dark… “No more will your spirit need roam” “It is time for you to come home”