LORD, GIVE ME COURAGE

Dear Lord, I just can’t help but love You,
For You have been my dearest friend.
Before You made the world You chose me
For life in Heaven without end.

I freely go to church to worship,
And never have to run or hide.
When just a child I learned about You,
And had a Bible as my guide.

My heart goes out to all the people 
Who’ve never heard about Your love;
Or how You paid the price to give them
Eternal life in Heaven above.

If they should claim You as their Savior,
Then prison cells could be their fate,
With death and torture ever looming,
From guards whose lives are filled with hate.

I must confess I sometimes wonder
If I would be as brave as they.
Would I be bold, and claim my Jesus,
Or would I try to run away? 

I pray that You would give me courage
To share my faith with all the lost,
And help me always to be willing
To follow You, what e’er the cost.

By Betty Jo Mings