Times Of Travail

We have all walked,

through the valley of the shadow.

Some times we won,

and sometimes we lost.

But Jesus was always with us,

even if we didn't recognize Him.

He was there,

to console our loss.

We saw only the pain,

through our times of travail.

It's so hard to see anything,

when it's your time to wail.

But without the pain,

it's hard to appreciate the blessings and praise.

From those moments of loss,

to the hurts of our days. 

Do we overcome our pain,

through our emotions and flesh?

Or is it the hand of the Master,

that reaches down,
 and renews us afresh.

The place we're headed,

pain cannot follow.

Nor sorrow, nor despair,

nor tears that wallow.

 Lord, 

let our pains, of the past.

 Fuel our praise's today!

For only in You Lord,

do they pass away!