Be Still My Soul

02/06/2022

Another day, another year.

I hear the cheer of loved ones dear,

Yet in my head I only hear

A constant voice that wispers fear.

It takes me to my long lost past,

When I loved life and had a blast,

Yet many errors where amassed,

And now regret is unsurpassed.

I flinch away from that dark scene,

My heart weighed down by my past sin;

My soul longs for a record clean

To start afresh after nineteen.

Now another voice whispers expectations

That have been past down through the generations,

Yet I know in truth I've laid my foundations,

So I must press on, though I lose relations.

There's a third voice too that instills some doubt--

"Does it even make a difference if I do speak out?

Or should I stay quiet and let them wipeout?

For it feels like all I'm doing is just burning out."

As the war rages on and I try to gain control,

There's a voice from above that reminds me of a love

From a Savior that gave all so that I could be made whole;

And I hear the voice say clear, "Do not fear. Be still my soul."

So I ask, "Will I not fall?"

All I hear, "Be still my Soul."

"Will I know what I should do?"

All I hear, "Be still my Soul."

"Can I just be laid to rest?"

Once again, "Be still my soul"

"I'm still such a broken mess!"

And again, "Be still my soul."

"Be still my soul,

for God is in control.

Be still my soul,

for He can still restore.

Be still my soul,

His call to me was true.

Be still my soul,

His promises are sure."

Another day, another year.

Yet through the fear that voice I'll hear;

I'll claim that promise, sing that hymn,

The promise sure that He'll be near.

So I'll go on, and live this life

Facing the joy as well as strife,

Yet trusting that He’ll always send

The aid to guide me ‘til the end.