Poetry

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SOME THINGS IN LIFE JUST WILL NOT CHANGE,
NO MATTER WHAT WE DO.
IT'S IN THOSE TIMES THAT WE MUST SAY,
"TO GOD ALONE, BE TRUE."

WE KNOW SOMETIMES THAT THINGS AREN'T RIGHT,
WE ASK, AND SEEK AND PRAY.
BUT AS WE DO THAT, WE MUST WANT
FOR GOD TO SHOW HIS WAY.

SOME SITUATIONS WILL NOT CHANGE,
THE WAY THAT IS THE BEST.
BUT IN THOSE TIMES WE ALL MUST KNOW,
WE'RE GOING THROUGH A TEST.

A TEST OF FAITH AND TEST OF LOVE,
TO SIMPLY LET THINGS GO.
AND IN GOD'S TIME AND BY HIS GRACE,
WE'LL SEE WHY HE SAID "NO."

WE MUST ACCEPT THINGS AS THEY ARE,
AND TRUST GOD FOR THE BEST.
WE MUST BELIEVE WE'VE DONE OUR PART,
AND HE WILL DO THE REST.

AND THEN THERE'S TIMES WHEN THINGS WON'T GO,
THE WAY WE WANT THEM TO.
WE GET DISCOURAGED AND DEPRESSED,
THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.

WE KNOW GOD LOVES AND CARES FOR US,
HIS WORD WE MUST OBEY.
WE FIRST MUST LEARN TO FOLLOW HIM,
AND LET HIM LEAD THE WAY.

GOD'S SAYS TO US THAT THROUGH ALL THIS,
THERE'S SOMETHING WE MUST KNOW.
THAT SOMETIMES CHANGE DOES NOT OCCUR,
IN ORDER THAT WE'LL GROW.

WE'LL GROW TO LOVE AND HONOR GOD,
NO MATTER WHAT MAY BE.
AND SOMETHING MAY NOT EVER CHANGE,
BUT WE'LL BE ON OUR KNEES.

WE MUST ACCEPT THINGS AS THEY ARE,
AT TIMES THAT MAY MEAN LOSS.
BUT WHEN THERE IS NO CHANGE AT ALL,
JUST BOW BEFORE THE CROSS.

THANK GOD THAT HE WAS BORN FOR US,
IN A LITTLE MANGER.
THAT EVEN IF OUR THINGS DON'T CHANGE,
HE IS OUR LIFE-CHANGER.



BY JOHN LIVINGSTON CLARK

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