THE DARKEST NIGHT

What happens when the lights go out
And darkness spreads atound,
When night shade falls on earth and sky,
Accompanied by strange sound?
Are you prepared to expect the worst,
To fear the covering dark,
As if it were a hungry beast
With you the target mark?
The darkness of this world may seem
To overwhelm our souls,
Too big for us to conquer it,
So let it spoil or goals.
We have a God who's bigger still,
Who rules the universe,
And yet He knows each one of us--
Each chapter, line, and verse.
He will bring us,heaven's Light
To brighten up our way,
To chase away the blackest beast,
To make the night as day.
Yet, though the dark may still abound
Upon this sad, old earth,
The path before you, child of God,
Is bright as your new birth.
So look ahead and follow on
And see increasing light,
Until the darkened beast has fled--
Forever gone the night.

Copyright 1998, Kathryn Terrell

FLOOD MY SOUL