AMONG THE SHADOWS I GROPE.
TRYING DESPERATELY TO FIND MY WAY.
WHAT AM I LOOKING FOR?
WHERE AM I TRYING TO GO?
DO I EVEN HAVE A PLAN
OR EVEN A PURPOSE?
I HONESTLY DON’T KNOW.

I HAVE WASTED A LOT OF TIME
ALL MY EFFORTS IN VAIN.
THE SHADOWS HAVE NOW BECOME GROSS BLACKNESS.
OBSTACKLES EVERYWHERE.
MY STRENGTH IS DRAINED
I TRY TO OPEN MY EYES A LITTLE WIDER
BUT MY EYELIDS ACHE TOO MUCH.
I AM ALONE AND IN UTTER DESPAIR.
I AM READY TO GIVE I N
TO THE SNARES OF DEATH
THAT SO BLISSFULLY ENGOLF ME.
“STOP”
DO I HEAR A VOICE SAY STOP?
NO, I MUST BE KIDDING.
IS SOMEONE ELSE REALLY HERE WITH ME?
DOWN IN THIS DARK PIT?
IT MUST BE ON THE OTHER SIDE, SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THIS DARKNESS IS WAY TOO THICK.
BUT LISTEN, I HEAR IT AGAIN.
A STILL SMALL VOICE SEEMS TO PENETRATE THE DARKNESS.
“TAKE MY HAND. I KNOW THE WAY,” THE VOICE SAYS
“THE WAY FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT.
FROM DEATH TO LIFE
FROM UTTER DESPAIR TO HOPE”
“BUT…I STARTED TO SAY
THE WORDS COULDN’T LEAVE MY LIPS.
THEY WERE HEAVY ON MY HEART.
TEARS, HEAVY TEARS ROLLED FROM MY EYES TO MY CHEEK.
THEN I BECAME LIMP.
TOO LIMP TO MOVE, SPEAK OR THINK.
TOO LIMP TO EVEN STAND.
EXHAUSTED, I FELL BACKWARDS.
BUT TWO STRONG ARMS CAUGHT ME.
SEEM LIKE THEY WERE JUST WAITING THERE FOR ME.
THE LIFTED ME UP, UP, UP, WAY UP.

DOWN THERE
I FELT UNREACHABLE, BUT HE REACHED ME.
UNTOUCHABLE, BUT HE TOUCHED ME.
UNCHANGEABLE, BUT HE CHANGED ME.
UNLOVEABLE, BUT HE LOVED ME.
UNKISSABLE, BUT HE KISSED ALL MY TEARS AWAY.

WHAT MANNER OF MAN IS THIS
THAT MADE MY DARKNESS HIS SECRET PLACE?
IN THE MIDST OF ALL MY PAIN AND TROUBLES
WHEN I THOUGHT NO ONE CARES
AND NO ONE COULD UNDERSTAND
JESUS CAME THROUGH FOR ME.