Never Give Up
I will never give up
Never give up on you
No matter what
Though the world comes unglued
I will never give up
Never give up on you
I am learning the meaning of love
As I burn to redeem
What was purchased with blood
And I’m yearning to seek
What was lost in the flood
It’s as clear as a sign in the sky
If I fear it's a clear sign that I
Still have much left to learn about love
It is love to confess my devotion
It is power to love what is true
Not a passion or passing emotion
That will burn and then burn out on you
Forever my love, I will love you
For the power that’s burning in me
Has its source in unspeakable beauty
That endures for all eternity
Jesus leads me away from the darkness
For he brings me out into the light
Where his beautiful light shines upon you
To awaken my sense of delight
I can feel how this love overflowing
Overcomes all resistance in me
Until resting in patient persistence
I become what he makes me to be
So if you feel discouraged or lonely
On a path that is burdened with care
If the present demands are unending
And the future seems filled with despair
There is hope and it never will fail you
If you fight for the truth you pursue
That the one who loves you absolutely
Is the one who has made me for you
By Vic Lortz, 4/3/2008