I AM NOT AFRAID (REVISED AGAIN)

I AM NOT AFRAID
NOR
AM I ASHAMED.

SO GO AHEAD,

AND DO YOUR BEST,
CALL ME YOUR SILLY MISGUIDED NAMES
BEHIND MY BACK.
I'D BE WILLING TO BET
THAT MORE THAN A FEW OF YOU
HAVE BEEN
DRAWN IN,
CHRISTIANS, TOO.

YOU CANNOT STOP ME

FROM LOVING,
FOLLOWING
AND SERVING MY LORD.
I AM NOT AFRAID,
NOR AM I ASHAMED.

I AM ENFOLDED,
GUARDED,
PROTECTED AND LOVED IN HIS WINGS
HE IS MY EVERYTHING;
AFTER ALL,
WE ARE FORMED FROM HIS DUST,
AND BREATHED BY HIS LOVE.
I
AM
PROTECTED FROM EVERYTHING.
I AM NOT AFRAID
NOR AM I AFRAID.

SURE I MAY CRY,
THE SAD TEARS
TRACING A PATH
SLOWLY DOWN MY FACE.

AND YOU ASK WHY,
BUT I KNOW THE TRUTH.
GUESS WHAT? YOUR SIDE LOSES.
SURE I MAY GET WEARY SOMETIMES,
AND SO VERY HURTING
AND WEAK LIKE I DID LAST NIGHT.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M GOING TO STOP
TESTIFYING,
RESTING ON MY LAURELS.
I WILL FOLLOW THIS ROAD,
THE BUMPY STRAIGHT AND NARROW,
AND I WILL TRY TO STOP RESTING ON THE FENCE.
I WILL PASS THE TESTS,
STAY TRUE TO MY LORD,
AND KEEP HIS WORD IN MY HEART
ALWAYS
'TIL THE VERY END.
DON'T YOU KNOW THAT GOD IS SHAPING ME,
MOLDING ME,
REFINING ME THROUGH THIS FIRE?
SO GO AHEAD AND TRY YOUR BEST
BECAUSE I AM NOT AFRAID
NOR AM I ASHAMED.



PSALM 32:7 - FOR YOU ARE MY HIDING PLACE,
YOU PROTECT ME FROM TROUBLE.  YOU SURROUND ME WITH SONGS OF VICTORY.

NEHEMIAH: 3:14:  DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE ENEMY! REMEMBER THE LORD, WHO IS GREAT AND GLORIOUS, AND FIGHT FOR YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILIES, AND YOUR HOMES.