November/4/2005

DON'T LIGHTEN MY LOAD

AS I ROAM THRU THE VALLEY SEEN THE WEAKNESSOF MY WAY. I STRUGGLED THRU THE STORM TOWARD A CLAM NEW DAY. YOU GIVEN ME ASSURANCE AS I TRAVEL THRU THE NIGHT. THAT EACH STEP WOULD BRING ME CLOSER TO THAT BLESSED MORNING LIGHT.

DON'T LIGHTEN MY LOAD,

JUST MAKE ME STRONGER, LORD HELP ME HOLD ON JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER. TO THE NAIL SCARED HANDS HELD OUT TO GUIDE ME, DON'T LIGHTEN MY LOAD. JUST WALK ME BESIDE ME.

NOW WHEN MY EARTHLY TRIALS SEEM MORE THAT I CARE TO BARE, WHILE TOILING THRU THE VALLEY, I CAN FEEL YOUR PRESENCE THERE, AND I KNOW YOUR LOVE WILL LEAD TO A LAND THATS BRIGHT AND NEW, OH LORD I'M GROWING STRONGER WALKING HAND IN HAND WITH YOU.