If I Could Never Talk To God

 

 

I often wonder what I'd do
if I could never pray,
If I could not depend on God,
to guide me every day.

And, O, how dark the night would be
if His light did not shine,
I could not sleep because such fear
would fill this heart of mine.

My heart would never sing a song
I'd feel so all alone,
If I could never talk to God
and claim Him for my own.

But all these things I need not fear
my burdens He doth share,
I only have to whisper low
He heareth every prayer.

Thus, He always walks beside me
He never lets me fall,
He gently takes me by the hand
My love, the God of all.

And though the night around be dark
His light will ever shine,
I sleep in peace and need not fear
Since I know that He is mine.

 

~ Mary E. Harrington