I rejoiced when the voice of my Saviour said "There are places I want you to go,
You are to speak my word to the lonely and confused in the world below"
My heart soared and I said, Gladly, for Lord I love you so
Then I heard His voice come softly, "Do you really want to go?"
"Oh Lord, how can you doubt me, for I would leave all for you,
I have rejoiced since the day you saved me, there is nothing I wouldn't do"
But His voice came echoing back, ever so soft and low,
"I know you have answered My Call, my love, but do you really want to go?"
Then I heard a voice as of thunder, come rolling through the night,
And it swelled and it swelled in volume, filling my soul with fright.
As it pierced my very be being, the pain I could not stand,
I cried "Lord have mercy" and He stretched forth His loving hand.
I fell on my face before him and cried out in deep despair,
For the Lord had shown me the one thing I thought would be hard to bear.
"I have shown you the world with its laughter and scorn for those on my side,
Will you take your place among the lowly and stand humbly by their side?
You wont be beat or tortured or even hung for all to see,
But my daughter, can you bear it, to be thought a fool for Me?"
Well needless to say I said YES, and The Lord has taken me down many paths,
I did not see then, but I can look back (I am 82 Years old).
I still say Yes, Lord, Yes, Lord, Yes. - Betty Burke |
