Two Pearls In His Hand

From where I came in a darkened hole, a grave can hold no light.
And where I go, I follow my soul to escape the tormenting night.
What am I missing that I’ve missed before, in the darkness that I sought to hide?
And where will I be when tomorrow begins if He shatters the grave open wide?

Only to change this deadened path, by God that is with me today.
And onward I go and I don’t look back, lest I see if there’s some other way.
A heart to the Lord is a pearl in the sea. . .for many a year will it grow.
And plucked from its shelter when needed to be. . .its beauty and value to show.

I have two loved ones that keep me in prayer;
Two pearls He has held in His Hand.
They’re plucked from their shelter when needed to be,
until I am able to stand.

From where I am now at the mountain’s floor. . .a height I can’t possibly climb.
And where I be, I’ve been before, from some other place and time.
A path that He’s chosen, I journey upon from the past to the present, I stand.
And onward I climb, and yet I descend, to find that I’m where I began.

And where I go, I cannot know, by His Promise I hold ever tight.
From where I came in a darkened hole, to escape the tormenting night.

I have two loved ones that keep me in prayer;
Two pearls He has held in His Hand.
They’re plucked from their shelter when needed to be,
until I am able to stand.

© Cheryl Taul
August 7, 2000

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