If I never grew weary
with the weight of my load,
would I search for God's peace
at the end of the road?

If I never knew sickness
and never felt pain
would I search for a hand
to help and sustain?

If I walked without sorrow
and lived without loss
would my soul seek solace
at the foot of the cross?

If all I desired
was mine day to day,
would I kneel before God
and earnestly pray?

If God sent no winter
to freeze me with fear,
would I yearn for the warmth
of spring every year?

I ask myself these
and the answer is plain,
if my life was all pleasure
and I never knew pain,

I'd seek God less often
and need Him much less,
for God is sought more often
in times of distress.

And no one knows God
or sees Him as plain
as those who have met Him
on the "Pathway of Pain."