If…

i-do-believeIf Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain and your faith also is vain.
1 Corinthians 15:14

If . . . locked in my chamber of unchallenged fears
I wait for the dawn
with curtains drawn

If . . . alone in that darkness I cry to be free
yet claim that my Captor
has swallowed the key

If . . . I cling to my memories living only the past
and doubting the future
I give up at last

If . . . in the midst of this battle I turn and retreat
blind to my victory and
accepting defeat
Then Christ has died needlessly
And peace is a fantasy
Then hope is a wounded word
“The coming King” is but a phrase I’ve heard . . .
and all the world is lost.

W.M.G.

Lord, I believe.

Help me in my unbelief.