Looking For Some Higher Ground Poem by Frank McEleny

I'm just lookin for some higher ground
But life keeps tryin to drag me down
When your walking with your face into the rain
Sometimes you wonder if you'll see the sun again

Eyes down, one step in front of the other
Until you think you can't go any further
Then the rain gets heavier and begins to take its toll
Until your stripped down to your very naked soul

The waters rise and cover all of me
Until there's only waves and nothing left to see
I am dying there somewhere beneath the flood
Covered by the waters and feet caught in the mud

And suddenly a hand appears from up and out the waves
And a man walks on the water, the storm He calmly braves
He takes my hand and stills the storm and suddenly there's no sound
And all at once I find myself alone on higher ground

I hear His voice, He speaks to me, it's time to journey on
In the darkest storms I have discovered just where faith is born
Transfigurations on the mount are such a glorious sight
They give me strength to journey on into the darkest night

We are called unto the battle of this there is no doubt
The faith that's born from every storm enables us to shout
When the battle it is raging and the enemy's all around
We know that we are standing with Him on higher ground.