A HEART’S CRY

INTO THE CLEAR STAR NIGHT I STARE;
GOD, ARE YOU THERE?
THERE’S TURMOIL AND MISERY EVERYWHERE!
MY HEART IS BITTER AND IN DESPAIR.
GOD I WONDER.....DO YOU CARE?
LIFE SEEMS SO CRUEL AND UNFAIR.

THE ISSUES OF LIFE, WRONG –VS- RIGHT.
THE DAILY BATTLE MY SOUL FIGHTS.
WHEN I’M WEAK AND HAVE NO MIGHT;
CALLING TO YOU THRU SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.
GOD I WONDER...DO YOU HEAR?
WHERE’S THE HOPE IN EACH DAY, EACH
MONTH, EACH YEAR?

WAR, CONFUSION, FEAR, APATHY;
ARE THESE THINGS MEANT TO BE?
DISEASE, DESTRUCTION, POVERTY, PAIN;
SOMETIMES I WONDER, WHAT IS THERE TO GAIN?
IN THE DARKNESS OF LIFE I FEEL ALL ALONE;
WANDERING HERE, WANDERING THERE, HAVING
NO PLACE I TRULY CALL HOME.

LIKE A RIVER MY TEARS FLOW CONTINUALLY,
IN MY SEARCH FOR LOVE, PEACE, AND SECURITY.
OH GOD! IS THERE AN ANSWER TO LIFE’S INSANITIES?

GOD OF HEAVEN, GOD OF EARTH;
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF MY BIRTH?

MY TODAYS AND TOMORROWS ARE ALL THE SAME;
FILLED WITH SORROW, REGRET, AND SHAME!

THE SCATTERED PIECES OF MY BROKEN HEART,
ARE LIKE A PUZZLE; WHERE DO I START?

SURROUNDED BY HEARTS THAT ARE HARD AND COLD,
YET YOUR WORD COMMANDS; BE STRONG, BE BOLD!
HAVING DONE ALL, CONTINUE TO STAND;
TRUSTING IN YOU AND NOT IN MAN!

IN THE SOVEREIGNTY OF YOUR WILL,
MY SOUL SHALL BE QUIET; MY SOUL BE STILL!
THOUGH I DON’T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND;
I CLING TO THE MASTER OF THE SEA, THE SKY,
AND THE LAND!

WITH FERVENT PRAYER MY SOUL TRAVAILS;
THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL!
FOR YOU ARE MY PEACE, MY JOY, MY LIBERTY!
YOU ARE MY ANCHOR, MY HOPE, MY SANITY!

WHEN I FEEL EMPTY AND OVERWHELMED INSIDE;
WHEN I WANT TO GIVE UP AND DESIRE TO DIE;
UNDER THE WINGS OF YOUR LOVE MY SOUL HIDES.
YOU LORD ARE THE ANSWER TO MY HEART’S CRY!

AS I DRAW INTO YOUR PRESENCE MORE AND MORE;
ABOVE THE PAIN AND SORROWS OF LIFE I NOW SOAR.
IN ALL THE EARTH THERE IS NO OTHER;
NOT MY HUSBAND, MY JOB, MY FRIENDS, NOR MY
MOTHER!

LORD, I CHOOSE TO PRAISE YOU EVERYDAY!
YOU ARE THE TRUTH, THE LIFE, THE ONLY WAY!

AMEN

His servant,
Sandra G Williams

Music: Hallelujah (Instrumental)