AMDG
"Do Not Be Afraid"
AMDG
"Do Not Be Afraid"
"Do not be afraid "
For our Lord, God has mercifully paved
A simple path for us lighted in abiding Love
To help us reach His Home above!
When long time friends and family scornfully ridicule you
And no longer agree with what you think or the things you do
When society says it is okay because of the government's supreme law
And you say no because the God- ignored law has a fatal flaw
"Do not be afraid"
For our Lord, God has mercifully paved
A simple path for us lighted in abiding Love
To help us reach His Home above!
When there is work to be done that comes with no reward
And even may cause you to get comments that pierce you like a sword
When people are watching, wishing you would utterly fail
And it's hard to think of the One Whose Hands were pierced by a nail
"Do not be afraid"
For our Lord, God has mercifully paved
A simple path for us lighted in abiding Love
To help us reach His Home above!
When turning back or looking the other way would be so very easy
And you know just looking will make your stomach upset and queasy
When you know in your heart that what seems right is really wrong
But the deceptive temptation is so convincing and extremely strong
"Do not be afraid"
For our Lord, God has mercifully paved
A simple path for us lighted in abiding Love
To help us reach His Home above!
When living means dying totally to oneself and one's desires
When giving means standing in for another in the purgatorial fires
When forgiving someone seems all too futile or almost foreign
When loving someone seems impossible because their heart has hardened
"Do not be afraid"
For our Lord, God has mercifully paved
A simple path for us lighted in abiding Love
To help us reach His Home above!
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