Yet Even Now Poem by Michael P. Johnson

What is this life without Your love
Without my God on high
If when my eyes can’t search above
I feel as though I’ll die


What is this life when void of peace
When hope has ceased to be
What’s left to do when tears increase
And eyes no joy can see


When trust has ventured out the door
When daily prayers decline
When worship’s left Salvation’s shore
And faith’s no longer mine


What is this life when God I fail
When day and night seem one
When pessimism drops its veil
Replacing hope long gone


What’s left to do but sit and weep
Wandering to and fro
Recalling nights of blissful sleep
Within Salvation’s flow


When still this child was in Your hand
When victory songs I’d sing
When Jesus' Ghost was in command
And Christ still Lord and King


I’ve shed in life so many tears
I’ve faced the great unknown
Though Heaven's love throughout the years
Had changed my heart of stone


I still believe You're always near
And grace You long to give
That even now! You’ll take my fear
And give me hope to live