Inconsolable tears I often shed;
Anger and self-pity my daily bread,
Confident and courageous I duly seem;
And yet I know God's not in my team.
I pull it together and make the days pass,
The nights! How with their long hours they harass;
Hymns of adoration though I gaily sing,
And yet I know God's not my only King.
Oh! Why this misery? Why this shift?
When I know it is others I must lift!
Duty, relationships and the daily grind;
Excuses! Excuses! Do I want to be left behind?
Alas! And did I at long last see;
It is not my Savior who abandoned me!
For in striving to enter the promised land,
I had forgotten to hold my Father's hand.
He leads me beside the still waters. - Psalm 23:2
