JOY LIKE A RIVER

I have been elevated,

Yes, lifted up by GOD’s lever

High up to a place,

Where I feel the warmth of HIS love like a fever

So no longer will I shake and shiver,

As my ties with sorrow, I now sever

So gone are the days of lack,

When I was always the receiver and never the giver

The days of failure,

When I just couldn’t deliver

Reminiscent of a wounded soldier,

Or a voiceless diva,

I was bare, useless and defenceless

Like an archer with an arrowless quiver,

Up against the ultimate deceiver,

I stood no chance; pain was my middle name,

I needed a reliever

Now I’ve found one, The ONE,

The ONE who’s made me a believer,

And cast sorrow out of my life

Like bile out of a liver

And now, I am blessed, favoured and fulfilled,

I have joy like a river.

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