Footsteps In The Valley: My Personal Testimony

Sunday, February 18, 2007

My Personal Testimony

Who we are by our faith is shared with others through a personal testimony. I have been saved now for almost 23 years. It is with great love and faith that I can also tell you that God still hears my cries and He is always there for me. He always hears the cries from my children and He is with them too. He hears your cries and He is with you.

Salvation

It was a cold and early winter mourn
The day this little girl was born
Fresh from the womb I opened my eyes
Lord you were there to hear my cries

My first steps you were there to walk with me
Still way too young I could not see
You knew each hair upon my head
Though I saw no path or where it led

Growing up on Sunday Bible stories and hymns
Learning about verses, laws, and sins
At six I said grace and nighttime prayer
Still unsure wondering if you were there

Yet at this age you showed mercy and grace
Keeping death’s cold hand from touching my face
Still my heart and soul would not yield to you
Oh Lord I’m so sorry if I only knew

My teenage years were cold and dark
Your words were there but left no mark
Yet you knew the tiny seed was there
And one day the fruit that it would bear

So when sin’s folly summoned death
To come and take my youthful breath
You looked with love on this black sheep
Sending death away you let me sleep

Patiently waiting with outstretched hand
Time trickled by like golden sand
Still my heart and soul would not yield to you
Oh Lord forgive me if I only knew

Wild days of college in the past
With shadowed memories that they cast
I look back now with loving tears to see
You never once gave up on me

With thought I have this regret to say
True faith was not present on my wedding day
Still my heart and soul did not yield to you
Lord I was so blind if I only knew

Your love still there to beckon me
Opening blind eyes to let me see
When life’s small miracle began to kick
It tumbled sin’s wall brick by brick

Then came the prayer with tearful eyes
Would it be too late to hear my cries
For all the chances that you gave
Was it now too late for this soul to save

Forgive me Lord for I have sinned
Did I wait too long Oh Lord don’t rescind
I believe in your sacrifice and your love
Your place to God’s right in heaven above

I give you my soul willful and stained
I give you my heart tired and pained
Lord take them change them as you will
The believer’s promise I wish to fulfill

Then heaven rejoiced as he called my name
He took my sin and cleansed my shame
Welcomed with loving arms open wide
Lord be my savior and my guide

It was a late night early in spring
A new little girl the doctor would bring
From my womb she opened her eyes
Lord you were there to hear her cries

FaithfulToOne © 2004

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