The strength of the Lord

My mother died at the age of 91. She experienced much hardship, pain and sorrow in her long life but had learned how to live above the fray. During her later years, the song "The Strength of the Lord," sung by Larnelle Harris, was one of Mom’s favorites. I believe it was because its words divulged the secret she had discovered on how to live victoriously.  

Sometimes life seems like words and music

That can’t quite become a song.
So we cry inside, and we try it again
And wonder what could be wrong.
But, when we turn to the Lord at the end of ourselves
Like we’ve done a time or two before
We find His truth is the same
As it has always been.
We never will need more.


Chorus (two times):
It’s not in trying but in trusting
It’s not in running but in resting
Not in wondering but in praying
That we find the strength of the Lord

He’s all we need
For our every need.
We never need be alone.
Still He’ll let us go if we choose to
To live life on our own.
Then the only good
That will ever be said
Of the pains we find ourselves in
They are places to gain
The wisdom to say
I’ll never leave Him again. 


Chorus (two times) 
It’s not in trying but in trusting
It’s not in running but in resting
Not in wondering but in praying
That we find the strength of the Lord

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