How Beautiful....

JESUS says..."I CARE"

When you think you're alone

In the middle of the night

When you've just had an awful dream

And you're shivering with fright

You lie there alone and scared

And wonder if anyone cares

If you look into your heart

You'll always find Me there

Sometimes life is just too hard

And you need to get away

You need someone to talk to

Who will listen to what you say

Someone who will let you know

That they'll always be there

When you can't find anyone

Just remember that I care

When there is nowhere else to go

You can always come to Me

I promise that I'll be there

In your greatest hour of need

I'm sure you can find Me

If you take the time for prayer

When the whole world seems against you

Just remember that I care

PATHWAY OF PAIN

If my days were untroubled and my heart always light, would I seek that fair land where there is no night?

If I never grew weary with the weight of my load, would I search for God's peace at the end of the road?

If I never knew sickness and never felt pain, would I search for a hand to help and sustain?

If I walked without sorrow and lived without loss, would my soul seek solace at the foot of the cross?

If all I desired was mine day by day, would I kneel before God and earnestly pray?

If God sent no winter to freeze me with fear, would I yearn for the warmth of Spring every year?

I ask myself these and the answer is plain, if my life were pleasure and I never knew pain I'd seek God less often and need Him much less, for God is sought more often in times of distress. And no one knows God or sees Him as plain as those who have met Him on the "Pathway of Pain."