I AM NOT ALONE

I will walk with You my Lord,

No matter where you lead me,

I will stay by You my Lord,

No matter where we go.

Though the road is dark as night,

And narrow is the pathway,

With my hand in Yours I know  -

I never am alone.

My life has had its share of pain,

I’ve tasted joy and sorrow,

Death has strode in boldly,

As it claimed with  wanton force.

How often I have drowned in tears,

But in my darkest hours,

Unfailingly my Lord I've known -

I am not alone.

Recently the gloom of night,

Enshrouded me in shadow,

Agonizing grief and loss,

Overpowered my soul.

Vanquished for a while I lost,

Awareness of Your power,

Forgetting for a while that I -

Never am alone.

Every time I feel bereft,

And sorrowing I falter,

You deign to stoop from heaven,

Embracing me once more,

How wonderful it is to know,

That in my darkest hours,

You reassure me once again -

I am not alone.

Myra D’Souza / 6 January 2011

LEGACY

Reflecting on her life I see,

With greater clarity,

How brave and gallantly,

She faced all adversity.

Grit and firm resolve were writ,

Large upon her face,

Every challenge she would meet,

With dignity and grace.

Her loyalty was striking,

She drew her strength from God,

Through Him she found her courage,

To live her life unbowed.

Life’s riddles have been answered,

No shadows now remain,

Embraced by Love eternally

She’ll never more know pain.

Myra D’Souza / 9 DEC 2010

I KNOW NOT WHY

Who can fathom why the Savior loves me?
Why He willed to die to set me free?
I’ve oft’ committed treason,
So tell me what’s the reason,
He gave His life for me on Calvary?

Once I skulked in dark, unpleasant places,
All God's holy angels hid their faces,

Losing grace once mine,
I wallowed with the swine,
While He sweat great drops of blood for me.
I confess I’ve sinned - I know I’m worthless,
None but He thought I deserved redress,
My shame and fall from grace,
Were swept without a trace,
When He was lifted high upon the tree.
I am pledged to Him, I’m His unfettered,
His alone who for my sins atoned,
The love that I once spurned,
Is humbly now returned,
The King says I am His eternally.

Myra D’Souza/23 November 2010

Myra D'Souza / 23 November 2010