Black Poetry : THE LOVE OF GOD

Ms Drea

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I WAS BLIND AND YOU MADE ME SEE

I WAS LOST AND YOU FOUND ME

I WAS CONFUSED IN SUCH A WAY

I WAS IN PAIN BUT YOU MADE IT GO AWAY

YOU TOOK A BOY INTO YOUR GRACIOUS HAND

YOU MADE HIM INTO A MAN

YOU TOLD ME TO PRAY AND ALL WOULD BE MINE

YOU ANSWERED EVERY PRAYER, EVERY TIME

YOU GAVE LIFE WHEN I SEARCHED FOR DEATH

YOU MADE ME CARE FOR MORE THAN SELF

YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD FATHER AND A TRUE FRIEND

YOU'VE BEEN WITH ME THROUGH THICK AND THIN

YOU'VE BEEN MY STRENGTH IN MY WEAKEST HOUR

MY GREATEST HOPE AND MY HIGHEST POWER

I CALLED AND YOU HEARD MY CRY

AND TO THE WORLD I'M HERE TO TESTIFY

FOR I AM NOTHING IN THIS EVIL PLACE

NOTHING WITHOUT YOUR DIVINE GRACE

FROM THE OUTSIDE I MAY SEEM HARD

BUT I'M NOTHING WITHOUT THE LOVE OF GOD.

JOHN A. JONES
(1953-2000)​
 
I WAS BLIND AND YOU MADE ME SEE

I WAS LOST AND YOU FOUND ME

I WAS CONFUSED IN SUCH A WAY

I WAS IN PAIN BUT YOU MADE IT GO AWAY

YOU TOOK A BOY INTO YOUR GRACIOUS HAND

YOU MADE HIM INTO A MAN

YOU TOLD ME TO PRAY AND ALL WOULD BE MINE

YOU ANSWERED EVERY PRAYER, EVERY TIME

YOU GAVE LIFE WHEN I SEARCHED FOR DEATH

YOU MADE ME CARE FOR MORE THAN SELF

YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD FATHER AND A TRUE FRIEND

YOU'VE BEEN WITH ME THROUGH THICK AND THIN

YOU'VE BEEN MY STRENGTH IN MY WEAKEST HOUR

MY GREATEST HOPE AND MY HIGHEST POWER

I CALLED AND YOU HEARD MY CRY

AND TO THE WORLD I'M HERE TO TESTIFY

FOR I AM NOTHING IN THIS EVIL PLACE

NOTHING WITHOUT YOUR DIVINE GRACE

FROM THE OUTSIDE I MAY SEEM HARD

BUT I'M NOTHING WITHOUT THE LOVE OF GOD.

JOHN A. JONES
(1953-2000)​

Beautiful.
 

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