Sadness......

God’s wondrous grace gives birth to light
Gives peace a golden crown
Flooding the heart with joyful might
Casting enemies down

This law of life knows Satan too
He knows of what we dream
He knows what blessed joy can do
Flowing from Heaven’s stream

Without, he knows a soul can die
Can lose its gift of grace
And so he’ll cheat he’ll steal and lie
Till sadness takes its place

Sadness can cause a power drain
Can hinder prayer on high
Till turning God their backs again
In arid ground we die

Sadness gives birth to foolish doubt
Can paralyse the soul
Can turn a righteous mind about
And hinder from life’s goal

Sadness is kin to gloom and grief
Despair its wayward child
Where only love can bring relief
That joy be reconciled

The joy that brings a soul to sing
To dance at love’s desire
The joy that only Christ can bring
To set one’s heart on fire

So praise The Lord see sadness flee
Sing praise who understand
Truth’s joy can set God’s children free
To flood The Promised Land.....