DON'T GIVE UP ON ME (RVD)

HOW HARD IS HARD?
HOW MUCH MUST I TAKE?
THEY LAUGH AT ME
BECAUSE I BELIEVE.
THEY SAY HE IS A FAKE,
THAT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS.
BUT IT'S SO OBVIOUS,
IF YOU'VE READ HIS WORD,
THAT JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY.
HE IS THE BRIDGE,
HE'S TAKEN OUR SINS.
HE DIED FOR US
SO WE CAN LIVE.
WHO ELSE CAN SAY
THEY HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIFE?
SHOULDN'T THAT
SIMPLE FACT
END THIS STRIFE?
DID PETER OR PAUL
HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS MESS;
DEFENDING THEIR FAITH,
GIVING THEIR ALL;
STRUGGLING
EVERY DAY
WITH THE THOUGHTS IN THEIR HEADS?
IF JESUS IS REAL
WHY HASN'T HE HEALED?
IS IT GOD'S PLAN
FOR ME TO AGONIZE AND GRIEVE?
I'VE LOST SO MUCH IN MY LIFE.
IS IT ALL MY FAULT?
HAVE I CHOSEN THE WRONG PATH
OR JUST SAT ON THE FENCE?
I PRAY THAT IT'S NOT TOO LATE,
THAT HE HASN'T GIVEN UP ON ME.
IS HE STILL BY MY SIDE,
NOT FORSAKEN OR LEFT ME BEHIND?
WHAT MUST I DO,
WHAT MUST I SAY?
IS THIS IT,
OR SHOULD I CONTINUE TO PRAY?
ARE YOU LISTENING, LORD,
TO MY PITIFUL REQUESTS?
I BEHEST YOU
TO
GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE.
PLEASE DON'T DISOWN ME.
I BEG YOU TO
STAY BY MY SIDE,
LIGHT THE WAY,
BE MY GUIDE.
HEAL MY HEART,
RESTORE MY SOUL.
MAKE ME WHOLE AGAIN
SO I CAN STAY ON THIS ROAD.
I'VE TAKEN OTHER WAYS,
STAYED ON THE FENCE.
BUT I PRAY THAT IT'S NOT TOO LATE,
THAT I CAN BE A PART OF YOUR FAMILY,
GRAFTED INTO YOUR TREE.
SO, PLEASE LORD,
DON'T GIVE UP ON ME.