If You Leave This World

IF YOU LEAVE THIS WORLD

If you leave this world before I do,

Don't leave me things I cannot use.

Leave me memories of loving you.

Leave me hope we'll meet again

Leave me peace that comes from heav'n

Don't leave me things I cannot use,

Leave me memories of loving you.

Leave me dreams, pure and sweet,

Of your mansion in glory

Where you sit at Jesus' feet.

Don't leave me things I cannot use,

Leave me memories of loving you.

Leave me behind ere you go

'Til we meet again at heav'n's door;

Don't look back but onward go

Into Jesus' arms in heav'n's glow.

If you leave this world before I do,

Don't leave me things I cannot use.

Leave me memories of loving you.

I Know Where I Stand

~A Soliloquy of Faith~

Even when you don't know where you are in life,

you can know where you stand.

We jump and hop and skip and leap

while holding our Savior's hand

Trusting His Word, walking His path

Laid out for our steps to trod.

Learning to lean is a lesson I have,

I seldom now run ahead;

Waiting to hear my Savior's voice

To tell me where to tread.

I hear when He speaks to me

In His Word,

my Bible open I read:

Paths of righteousness He has laid

for this preacher's feet.

He's molding my feet

To walk my high places

As a hind would leap, would bound;

Prepping my body,

my spirit gains strength,

here where I hold His hand.

Steady as she goes,

oh, maybe not;

more like a wobble,

less likely: a trot.

Stumbling, not blindly,

my faith carries me

to the sound of His voice,

my Savior to see.

I know where I stand

when I stand with Christ,

ever vigilant,

watchful in prayer;

waiting and wondering,

which direction to move,

letting Him take the lead.

Jesus, LORD and Savior,

Friend of mine, indeed,

Guiding gently

through the darkness,

lighting my lamp for me.

{referencing Psalm 18:33; Psalm 32:8; Psalm 16:8;

Psalm 119:105; Proverbs 3:5-6)