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Monday's Mourning Ministry
'Tis the Day Before Your Birthday...
I Will Carry You
~Michael W. Smith
Tis the Day Before Your Birthday...
'Tis the day before your birthday ~
My heart is feeling flat
Heaviness descends upon my heart, to weigh
It down, upon the ground,
Gripping it with a vice,
That throws me to the mat.
Fifth birthday without you--Pain, the price
I must pay till I am Homeward bound...
Sadly now, I walk through each and ev'ry day,
My heart yearning for you with such a grievous sound,
That communicates in such a way
As to cut through the Heav'ns, until God is found
To grab up this, His baby girl, help me find my way,
Through the pain, and outward bound,
Ministering to other precious grievers found.
Walking with pain day by day, I learn
To walk on through with Jesus, even as my heart does yearn,
Loving one another, for our grief, too oft, the world does spurn.
Holy Spirit, be Thou near us through each and ev'ry turn!
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Pat, Don't you think 'the passage of time' is what all literature is really about?
...It's all about the dance.
~Teacher Gene Norris to Pat Conroy, as Pat remembers in My Reading Life
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I Will Carry You
~Michael W. Smith
Sometimes I wonder if my beating heart has a reason
The thought of breathing only takes my breath away
I've spent so many nights wrestling with this feeling
Do I have the strength to make it through the day
But I was never meant
To walk this road alone
I can always trust you
When you say
(Chorus)
"I will carry you,
Be your strength
And pull you through
Reach for me
And take my hand
We will pray
And we will stand
In a world
Crying out for peace
Let your heart be strong
For when I am weak
You will carry me."
Sometimes you wonder if the road you're on has a reason
It's hard to go on when you just don't know
We can shoulder all the weight of life between us
Until the fear of what we cannot see is gone
'Cause we were never meant
To walk this road alone
We are bound together
When we say
I will carry you (I will carry you)
Be your strength
And pull you through
Reach for me (Reach for me, Reach for me)
And take my hand
We will pray
And we will stand
In a world
Crying out for peace (Crying out for peace)
Let your heart be strong
For when I am weak
You will carry me
Repeat Chorus
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