THESE TEARS

These tears just won’t roll down

 I refuse to give them a way out

 For I’m still living, still breathing, still dreaming

They may swell to the bank of my eyes

 But this red sea won’t drown my thankfulness 

Cos I’m still seeing, still blinking, still thinking 

They won’t make me weaker, yet they won’t make me stronger

 However, sadness displays my distrust in His promises 

It might seem as if He’s missing in action 

That I may have become a casualty; a POW 

But the servitude of Israel in Egypt didn’t change His faithfulness 

Though this pilgrim faces the Apollyons, the Beelzebubs 

The Pharaohs, I won’t give these heathen the pleasure 

of seeing me drown… For I have a God, a Father 

He wears The Crown… though this torn gets harder 

He’ll whisk it away… So I choose thanks today 

Maybe not for my present place 

I do so in retrospect of yesterday… 

These tears just won’t roll down 

Though they sting the lids of my heart 

Begging release… requesting reprieve 

I choose to turn this beggar’s hat to a shade from the weather 

Though wilderness widens and threatens 

 I smell the milk and honey of Canaan 

So I will keep swinging the sword of righteousness 

With “Thank you Father” ever on my lips 

No! I won’t murmur… I refuse to be a memory in the dessert 

My name will be written in Gold in the Hall of Faith 

Maybe not for ripping lions or mocking raging flames 

But it will be said that I triumphed the 21st Century 

With JESUS boldly emblazoned on my HEART 

With THANKFULNESS ever on my lips 

This night will NOT see my tears 

For I have the SON… and because He’s ever here

 Even Hades is dawn…So, I refused to be dressed in fear 

Keeper of promises… This is my Thank you 

For everyone that’s turning their tears to Thank You 

 right now… for everyone still Standing for You 

for broken hearts, the buffeted, the castaways, 

the faithful that are still Thankful… 

 I Thank You on their behalf…