TAKE OFF LORD-LEAD THE WAY!

YOU CAME INTO MY LIFE AND TOOK THE PAIN AWAY. YOU CHANGED THE RAIN TO SUNSHINE AND GAVE ME A BRAND NEW DAY. I WANT SO MUCH TO BE LIKE YOU-BUT DON'T EVEN COME CLOSE. OH, LORD, NEXT TIME YOU SHINE ON ME, PLEASE MAKE IT A DOUBLE DOSE!!

I'M NOT THE SAME PERSON I USED TO BE. MY SO CALLED FRIENDS HAVE DESERTED ME. THE TEMPTER IS TRYING EXTRA HARD FOR MY SOUL. BUT BEING WITH YOU IS MY LIFE LONG GOAL.

JUST KNOWING YOU LAID DOWN YOUR LIFE FOR ME, IS ALL IT TAKES TO MAKE ME SEE. THOSE PEOLE WHO PUSH ME TO BE LIKE THEM, HAVE GOT THEIR LIGHTS TURNED WAY DOWN DIM.

MY LIFE HAS MEANING LIKE IT NEVER DID BEFORE. I KNOW YOU'RE THERE-JUST BEYOND THE DOOR. PLEASE COME ON IN, AND I WILL SAY- "TAKE OFF LORD, LEAD THE WAY!"

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