by Jennifer Olsen

Created on: July 17, 2008

I prayed to God one morning
All I asked was happiness
He didn't have an answer yet
But promised I'd be blessed

I waited and I wondered
So very patiently
And God told me a secret
When he finally answered me

He told me that I should watch for
Pools as blue as the sea
My beauty would be reflected
As the sea gazed back at me

He said to watch for strength
In strong hard working arms

Because in those I'd find
Shelter from all harm

He said I'd hear a sweet song
That I would not recognize
He said to listen closely
Cuz I may not realize

He said he would be singing
To me through your sweet words
He said again to listen closely
Because it's nothing that I've heard

I didn't understand
He said I may put up defense
But promised me that words of love
Would finally start making sense

He told me anything worth having
Isn't painless to find
He told me it wouldn't be easy
That we would have mountains to climb

But God told me to keep going
To climb up to the top
Cuz it's only the beginning
And too worthwhile to stop

He said we'd pass the mountains
And soar up through the clouds
On through the vastness of forever
Without ever looking down

He said I would look up
And one day I would see
All my prayers were answered
Standing there looking down at me

I can still hear Him whispering
Softly through the trees
If you listen closely He's saying
We were meant to be

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