WITH GOD, WE'LL RUN THROUGH A TROOP

Like Humpty Dumpty in a house of cards

Your house fell down like the walls of Jericho

[And it's hard to pick up the spare parts]

Every spring of idea became a dying plant (God forbid!)

Something of colour ends up in monochrome

Look before you leap, are words of wisdom

But what if faith is leaping before you look?

Or is faith leaping before you look?

And where then does that place our reasoning?

Is it still faith if it breaks like a broom?

And what if this leap doesn't pay as due?

Should our faith in God make everything (exactly) possible?

However, base your plans on something solid

Not something that could go up in smoke

Do not be too hasty to strike gold

Neither delay too long a decisive blow

Be confident in your ability to win the race

But don't jump the gun and think it's going to be okay (it's not!)

Have faith in God, believe he can do all things

But don't back yourself into a corner and put your God to test...

Like refusing to serve in a tennis game

Then asking God to give you an Ace...

Like throwing away your fridge

And asking God for some freeze...

It doesn't work that way.

True, there are stories of radical faith

Divine miracles when people pray

Where every blessing was worth the wait

But what if faith is looking before you leap?

Counting the cost beyond what you feel?

Knowing God is beyond the little bills

But taking like prescriptions the little things that he gives?

Faith can feel like emotion

Can be cold hard logic as well

Trusting that your little steps

Will bring about a great fruition

I've seen all manner of disappointments

But one thing I'll tell you is true

With God you'll run through a troop

He is the Father of all alignments...

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