Keweenaw Peninsula, MI / Photo by Christopher Jahnke

In the dark of the night

Or the light of the day,

Remember that God

Is not far away.

 As close as a heartbeat

A thought or a prayer,

Remember that God

Is everywhere.

 In time of temptation,

Don’t run and hide

Pray to the God who

Is there by your side.

He’ll help you do battle,

And win the fight for you

For He is beside you

Above you, before you.

Each day you can win,

And the victory is real

If you trust in your God

And take time to kneel.

Nevis, MN - Photo by Christopher Jahnke

When trouble brews like darkest clouds

Upon a summer day

Indicating rain to come

So in the house, you stay…

Precaution must be taken

Or spiritual despair

May overcome your very soul

Though God does deeply care!

We never can forget Christ’s pain

Upon his lonely cross…

If we can blend our pain with His

Then pain is not a loss.

See trouble as a reason

For us to kneel and pray,

See God between the raindrops…

A rainbow comes one day.

Photo from The Tyler Garden

All the books that tell about God

Help us be sure in our mind

That He is the One who made all from nothing

No other God can we find.

But knowledge can’t fill a lonely heart

We need the love of God’s Son.

To help us love back for the love that He gave

On a cross where He died for each one.

He knocks at the door of each one’s heart

And asks to enter within

All those who say, “yes,” can’t possible guess

What joy is about to begin!