When we look back, what do we see,
The trial or the triumph, he
Who wounds or he who heals, the sea
And storm or the safe passage through?
We need to see them both as true
Components of our lives with you.
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O Father, help my heart to feel
The truth my mind affirms,
And stop the doubts that seek to steal
The hope the truth confirms.
Secure in me the surety
Of your eternal hold,
And pardon the impurity
Of my ill ways of old.
But neither let emotion rule –
It too is slavery –
For then I would be as the fool,
Storm-driven on the sea.
Grant me a balance by your Word
To walk the narrow way,
And let your guidance undergird
My life from day to day.
as i learn to walk 