by Maxine Verney
This author is disabled, yet she learned how to depend on God and overcome the bad
times and rejoice in the good times.
You've given me the strength to carry on.
You've given me the words to sing my very own song.
You've shown me to the light to guide my way.
To lead me to the darkness and the gray.
I felt that I had lost the core of me.
The intellect was shrouded and the mind couldn't see.
I was so overwhelmed when in a crowd.
I couldn't find the words to sing aloud.
I faced the doubt of those who would not see.
And try to understand why they won't really hear me.
At times I questioned if the fault was mine.
And some great flaw had clouded my mind.
I know that there is strength inside of me.
I know the soul and body struggle to be free,
To break away the shackles and the chains,
To overcome the heartache and the pain.
And all along in my heart and my mind,
I knew that I would search and seek and find,
The answers needed to the questions there,
And comfort that your help has brought to bear.
For you believed in me and held my hand,
When I was like a young child in a strange land.
You gave me back the words to sing my song,
And help the other weary sing along.
At times of greatest need, or loss, or shame,
The Lord in all His wisdom calls each one by name.
We ask "Where were his footsteps in the sand?"
He says, "I held you safely in my hands."
For they that wait in faith upon the Lord,
Surely shall renew their strength with one accord;
Mount up with golden wings, like eagles, fly,
To rise past limitations, not to cry.
