By Faith and Not by Sight

                        BY FAITH NOT SIGHT

SOMEWHERE OUT THERE IN THE NIGHT
IS A GOD WHO CAN MAKE ALL THINGS ALRIGHT
I SEE HIM NOT, I HEAR NO CALL
I CANNOT HEAR HIS FOOTSTEPS FALL
I FEEL NO PRESENCE, I DISCERN NO BEING
BUT I STILL BELIEVE IN HIM, NOT SEEING.

SOMEWHERE OUT THERE IN THE NIGHT
IS A GOD WHO CAN MAKE THE DARKNESS BRIGHT THE WORLD LOOKS DARK AND COLD AND DAMP BUT THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD IS AN UNQUENCHABLE LAMP. INDEED THE WORLD LOOKS DARK AND COLD BUT THERE'S A FLICKERING CANDLE ALIGHT IN MY SOUL.

SOMEWHERE OUT THERE IN THE NIGHT
IS A GOD WHO WALKS BY FAITH NOT SIGHT
HE SEES HIS CHILDREN REFINED AS GOLD
HE SEES US PURE IN HEART AND SOUL
EVEN THOUGH TO OUR OWN EYES WE FALTER AND FAIL AND OUR DECEITFUL HEARTS TELL US WE'RE GOING TO HELL.

SOMEWHERE OUT THERE IN THE NIGHT
HE WATCHES ME EVEN AS I WRITE
HE WISHES I WOULD LEARN TO WALK
BY FAITH, NOT SIGHT, AS I'VE BEEN TAUGHT
AND KNOW HE'S THERE WHEN MY EYES CAN'T SEE AND BY FAITH BELIEVE HE'S WATCHING ME.

SOMEWHERE OUT THERE IN THE NIGHT
IS A GLORIOUS, GLIMMERING, GLEAMING LIGHT
THOUGH NOW FROM MY WINDOW I SEE ONLY RAIN AND NOW IN MY HEART, I FEEL ONLY PAIN
MY HEARTACHE WILL PASS, THE DARKNESS WILL FADE WHEN BY FAITH AT THE FEET OF MY GOD THEY ARE LAID.

SOMEWHERE NOW INSIDE OF ME
I SEE THE THINGS I COULD NOT SEE
WITH MORTAL EYES, WITH MORTAL EARS
I COULD NOT REVELATIONS HEAR
BUT NOW I SEE BY SPIRIT SIGHT
MY FAITH IN MY GOD HAS CONQUERED THE NIGHT.

by Voo
written by candlelight after a tornado
(Monday, January 09, 2006)