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 Rhonda  Jackson

written by candlelight after a tornado