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Fear and hope

Lee M

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These beliefs I've held so dear
Wrapped all up in truths
I know that it's true
I know it's real
I know I'll see heaven one of these days

Pure simple joy sings to me
Fills my heart with a weakening doubt
Full of guilt and confusion
Disillusion washes over me

Stone and tall
I fortify myself in cold resolution
I really believe that I must hold fast to the gospel
Christ died for me and I need him to save me
What greater truth is there?
What greater honor than knowing him?
Why wouldn't I live for him?

A song on the radio
The smiling face in the street
A genuinely happy man with no fear in his eyes
A simple joy beckons me come... away
a fluttering in my heart rises
and I am so afraid that I am falling away

No,
God help me
No,
Lord where are you?
Help me stay true to you,
End this struggle here without you,
Lord I really need you now...

The song comes to me again
I feel so light,
A light in my eyes and the happiness in my heart

... I see now
That what I've really wanted was a way out,
I've been so afraid to leave,
I've wanted out so long,
But I didn't know
... now I see what I've really wanted all these years
through all this struggle,
My heart cried so faintly,
My heart isn't evil,
It was just hoping for so long,

To find that I could be free from all this...
It just wanted to be truly happy
It wanted to believe it could one day be free
Hoping to one day be free...
 
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