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This is my journey-
My tale to tell,
So that all may learn
And see.
What I saw.
All I remember is falling in;
Drowning.
Down,
Down,
The water was cold
My hands reached out.
Took hold of nothing.
How could that be?
God is always with me,
He said he'd never let me fall;
I would fly with the angels,
On wings like eagles
But no, I had doubted
Just as I rose
Into the clouds
Reaching for Him.
Seeing His face.
Almost there.
And then a dark hand
Took hold of me-
My pride,
My jealousy,
My weakness,
And made me weaker.
In my struggle
To free that hand from me
All on my own,
I wasn't strong enough,
And I was thrown into the depths
Of the world
And its wickedness.
Jesus, help!
But there was no answer
I was still fighting the grasp
Of the enemy
Resisting the help
That was there by my side
All along-
Waiting.
Calling.
I had been so close.
And then I hit the bottom
Of the frozen ocean,
And there I lay
Not seeing.
Not believing.
Trusting myself.
And then came the light
Above the surface
Of the dark waves,
And a hand reached out
I still could not see it
Not very well.
So I did not trust it,
Though I knew it was He
I spent days in the cold
Searching.
Crying.
The sea had grown in size
Rising with the tears
Shed by the One above me.
Finally, I saw
A clearing in the darkness;
A voice calling my name.
My savior had come
A second time
Running to help me,
Though it was I
Who was to blame.
I was pulled to dry land
With love.
Tenderness.
Forgiveness.
Yet guilt weighed me down.
Jesus' hand slipped from me.
He begged me to ask-
Ask for forgiveness
For it was there.
Without cost.
I took it graciously
With wonder in my eyes.
Who could forgive
A sinner who had denied
Time and time again
When love was there all along?
When I was helped to my feet,
He smiled down on me
Ascending back up
Into Heaven.
I looked on
From far below
Gazing upward
At the long road ahead
That I must travel
Just to reach the place
Where I had been
Just days before.
This is my journey.
It is my lifelong goal:
To reach that place.
Where my Savior awaits
With open arms.
This is my journey.
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This is my journey-
My tale to tell,
So that all may learn
And see.
What I saw.
All I remember is falling in;
Drowning.
Down,
Down,
The water was cold
My hands reached out.
Took hold of nothing.
How could that be?
God is always with me,
He said he'd never let me fall;
I would fly with the angels,
On wings like eagles
But no, I had doubted
Just as I rose
Into the clouds
Reaching for Him.
Seeing His face.
Almost there.
And then a dark hand
Took hold of me-
My pride,
My jealousy,
My weakness,
And made me weaker.
In my struggle
To free that hand from me
All on my own,
I wasn't strong enough,
And I was thrown into the depths
Of the world
And its wickedness.
Jesus, help!
But there was no answer
I was still fighting the grasp
Of the enemy
Resisting the help
That was there by my side
All along-
Waiting.
Calling.
I had been so close.
And then I hit the bottom
Of the frozen ocean,
And there I lay
Not seeing.
Not believing.
Trusting myself.
And then came the light
Above the surface
Of the dark waves,
And a hand reached out
I still could not see it
Not very well.
So I did not trust it,
Though I knew it was He
I spent days in the cold
Searching.
Crying.
The sea had grown in size
Rising with the tears
Shed by the One above me.
Finally, I saw
A clearing in the darkness;
A voice calling my name.
My savior had come
A second time
Running to help me,
Though it was I
Who was to blame.
I was pulled to dry land
With love.
Tenderness.
Forgiveness.
Yet guilt weighed me down.
Jesus' hand slipped from me.
He begged me to ask-
Ask for forgiveness
For it was there.
Without cost.
I took it graciously
With wonder in my eyes.
Who could forgive
A sinner who had denied
Time and time again
When love was there all along?
When I was helped to my feet,
He smiled down on me
Ascending back up
Into Heaven.
I looked on
From far below
Gazing upward
At the long road ahead
That I must travel
Just to reach the place
Where I had been
Just days before.
This is my journey.
It is my lifelong goal:
To reach that place.
Where my Savior awaits
With open arms.
This is my journey.
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