Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Where do I find joy?

Oh the pain of accidents,

Where do I find joy?

Except from the One above.

There is pain in losing,

Whether in death

Or in un-response

And there is joy in gaining.

No lives lost,

Some lives gained.

By the grace of God

These hurt teens will

Bring others to the joy

Of the King.

Oh the pain of accidents,

Where do I find joy?

In the King of Glory,

Let Him come in,

Let Him bring joy,

To those who do not know.

He suffered for our sins,

He knows what it is,

To be in pain,

He knows what it is,

To feel all alone,

He knows what it is,

To ask why?

Oh the pain of accidents,

Where do I find joy?

He asked, “Why me?

Why now? Please remove

This cup from me

I pray, but if not, let

The Father’s will be done.”

Remove this pain for these

Families, but if not, let

The Father’s will be done.

We ask you to bear this burden,

It is too hard to carry,

You promised you would.

Oh the pain of accidents,

Where do I find joy?

You promised not to give

Us too much and leave

Us hanging, help us to see

Your hand in all this.

Give the Lee’s hope that

They will one day again see

Sarah the happy girls she is

Give hope to Adam’s family

That he will be strong tomorrow

Just like he was yesterday.

Give them joy amidst their pain.

Oh the pain of accidents,

Where do I find joy?

Nowhere, except in the

Name of Jesus, who came

To suffer for me and

With me and bore my sin

On the cross. What a

Grace it is to have a king

Who did that for my

Eternal joy. Give this joy to

The families and to the

Other driver. May they be

Blessed to find joy

In the pain of accidents.

2 comments:

CarolynSue said...

wow. how true.

andrea said...

Greta. Great poem. I love you, Andrea