"I never said that your path
Would be a path of ease.
I never promised the storms of life
Would be a gentle breeze.
I only promised I would give
No more than you can bear;
And that, come what may,
I would ALWAYS be there.
I never said temptations
Would not visit you;
Only that, with MY strength,
YOU would make it through!
My road was long and narrow
That led me to the cross.
There I died in agony.
For YOU I paid the cost!
So, if peace and everlasting life
Is what you want to be,
Come, my child, pick up your cross
And follow...follow ME!"
~*~
