AM I GOOD ENOUGH?

I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING

AND IMMEDIATELY WONDER,

"AM I GOOD ENOUGH?"

HAVE I DONE ANYTHING

TO CHANGE THE CONDITION

OF THIS WORLD,

TOLD ANYONE ABOUT THE LORD?

HAVE I MADE A DIFFERENCE,

HELPED ANYONE,

TOLD THEM THAT EVERYTHING

WILL BE OKAY,

THAT THEY ARE LOVED?

HAVE I SHARED MY STORY

ABOUT HOW I WAS BEATEN DOWN?

HAVE I GIVEN THEM HOPE

THAT THINGS WILL TURN AROUND

IF THEY JUST HANG IN THERE

AND TAKE THINGS DAY TO DAY,

JUST ONE SECOND AT A TIME?

I KNOW THAT THINGS ARE HARD

AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR.

EVERYONE WANTS TO CELEBRATE

AND SEEMS OF GOOD CHEER.

BUT YOU MAY BE ALONE,

NO HELP IN SIGHT,

NO ONE TO CELEBRATE WITH,

NO LIGHT.

BUT I AM HERE,

AND SO IS THE LORD.

I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE LONELINESS

AND PITIED MYSELF.

TODAY, THOUGH, I CAN STAND HERE

AND TELL YOU FOR SURE

THAT THINGS NEVER STAY THE SAME.

BE OF GOOD CHEER,

BE HAPPY IN YOUR HEART,

BE YOU,

AND NEVER DEPART

FROM THE LORD'S SIDE.

STAY IN HIS PRESENCE,

STAY ON THIS SIDE OF THE FENCE

THE TIDES WILL TURN IN YOUR FAVOR

EVEN IF IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

ONE DAY I WAS ALONE,

THE NEXT I WAS MARRIED.

EVEN AT THE AGE OF SIXTY

(WELL, ALMOST)

I CAN BE OF GOOD CHEER

BECAUSE I KNOW

DOWN IN MY SOUL

THAT I MAY NOT BE GOOD ENOUGH

FOR MY FAMILY

BUT THEY DON'T COUNT

BECAUSE GOD LOVES ME

AND I'M GOOD ENOUGH

FOR HIM.