Friday, June 3, 2011

Yet, Still I Rise!


Shattered, but I'm not broken, wounded still time will heal. Heavy the load, the cross I bear; lonely, the road I trod I dare.  Shaken, but here I stand; weary, still I press on!  Long are the nights, the tears I cry; dark are the days, no sun in the sky.  
Yet still I rise!
Never to give up, never to give in against all odds!  
Yet still I rise!
Sometimes I'm troubled, but not is despair!  Struggling, I make my way through!  Trials they come to make me strong!  I must endure, I must hold on! 
 Yet still I rise! 
Above all my problems, above all my eyes can see.  Knowing God is able, to strengthen me!
                        Yet still I rise!   Yolanda Adams

The words to this song have inspired me since the first I heard them.  I don't know if Yolanda Adams penned these lyrics or not.  But the author did a wonderful job in summing up our hard times.  We do sometimes feel like we have been shattered!  We have been wounded by people in this game called life!  We get weary, we cry over the load we have to carry, we're struggling and sometimes trouble seems to follow us everywhere we go!  

But because we have that one mainstay; because God is the same, yesterday, today and forever-we know He is ABLE to strengthen us and Yet still we rise!  

As I sat in my car today, with tears streaming down my eyes, I felt compelled to share the words of this song, and the facts I've come learn over the years: God is able to strengthen, comfort and keep!  With God in your life, you may be at the edge of the cliff, but God is able to keep you from falling!  

Sometimes I feel low, YET STILL I RISE!

1 comment:

  1. Dr.Guest I believe this is a wonderful testimony! Many people can relate to that feeling of doubt and loss of faith.YET STILL YOU RISE because of your faith,and through your struggles!

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