When God's Way Out Is Through

When you are discourage
        And are feeling blue,
Remember that God's way out
        Is more often going through.

So when you are feeling lonely
        And wish you had a friend,
Did you know that Jesus found
        That is how His life would end?

He took into Gethsemane's Garden        
        His special body guard,
To watch with Him in His pain
        For life is sometimes hard.

But they were not "with" him
        No matter what they said
For their eyes were very heavy
        They longed to be in bed.

It's true that angels tried to help him
        But they came from another world
And those who took Him prisoner
        Had wicked words they hurled.

And even as death faced Him
        He would not be alone
For His mother stood near the cross
        She would not forsake her own.

Yet He gave His own mother
        To His only friend.
He and His Father together
        Would face life's final end.

Oh, you who have faced alone
        The Vicissitudes of life
Do not His word stab your heart
        Like the cutting  of a knife?

"My God, My God, Why have you 
        Forsaken one like me?!"
Too Good for earth and Too Bad for heaven
        He hung upon that tree.

The thief who hung beside him
        Had no way of knowing
The lonely pain our Savior felt
        Through which He was now going.

And so it was, Christ met his end
        By Himself all alone.
It was the only way there was
        For our sins to atone.

Now He who knew the loneliness
        More than any man has known
Promised that we would never leave us.
        He will never forsake His own!

So tell Him of the pain you feel
        And tell Him of your fear.
Know that your feelings are so precious
        He bottles every tear.

And when this lonely life is over
        And our new life is brand new
Then, yes maybe then, we'll understand
        Why God's way out was through.

by Dr. Van , June 28,1998