I Was In The Darkness,
Yes For Many Years.
Desperate And Lonely,
Always Full Of Fears.
Running Fast And Furry,
To Try And Get Ahead.
Never Listening To A Word,
That Others May Have Said.
Thinking That I Knew It All,
Thinking I Could Win.
The Dollar Was My God,
In This I Did Depend.
Going Nowhere Fast,
Yes Running Into Walls.
The Farther I Did Run,
The Farther I Did Fall.
Never Stopping Long Enough,
To Hear Him Calling Me.
Running In The Darkness
And Too Blind To See.
Then The Day Did Come,
With Nowhere Left To Turn.
No One There To Turn To,
For My Bridges Had Been Burned.
That Was When I Heard,
Someone Speak His Name.
From That Very Moment,
My Life Has Never Been The Same.
I Had Never Heard It,
Sound So Sweet Before.
Yes I Dropped Everything,
And I Ran Out The Door.
Looking For This Man,
Who They Say Can Save Your Soul.
Looking For This Man,
Who I Did Not Know.
I Was Running Frantic,
To Find This Man They Call,
Jesus Christ The Savior,
Who Is Here For Us All.
When All Along He Was Standing,
Right In Fount Of Me.
It Was Only When I Asked Him In,
Only Then Did I See.
That No Matter What You Do,
No Matter Who You Are,
That He Is There And Waiting,
To Take You Beyond The Stars.
For I Had Made A Mess,
Of Everything I Touched,
But Then He Came Into This Life,
And Gave So Very Much.
He’s Rebuilt My Bridges,
He’s Restored My Life.
He Has Taken Away My Loneliness,
He Has Taken Away My Strife.
He Has Given Reason,
For A Brand New Day.
He Has Done So Much,
In A Great And Mighty Way.
Forever, Yes For Eternity,
I Will Lift His Name Up High,
Forever, Yes For Eternity
I Will Live To Testify!
Cathy Jo Moore
© 2000



