‘God is Takin’ Care of Me’

I looked ahead in time one day
To see a man who had gone away
I thought that he would rise not fall
I guess I didn’t know that man after all
He lived with dreams and hopes and fears
So sure success was very near
And all at once it came again
Those wrenching thoughts of who I am
I tried so hard to be a man
Who walks alone not hand in hand
But it seemed that I could never find
That place of total peace of mind
Then how great His love must be
As He spoke these words to me
“Success is measured by what you have left
…after you lose everything”

Just when I thought I’d fallen out of sight
I looked to my left and I looked to my right
And everywhere that I can see
God is takin’ care of me!
By Lyn Sahr, 1989
Written in Atlanta, GA