In Trial You Are There

A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens

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In my time of trial

You are there

In my time of trial

You are there

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 When I face the turmoil

Of this world

In my time of trial

Your will unfolds

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When I’m in the desert

You are there

Showing me the light

As I lay my heart bare

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 As my tears fall

To the ground

You hear my whispered call

You hear every sound

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In the midst of trial

You lay yourself down

In my trial

You turn my life around

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 When I’m in my trial

 And evil tries to win

I see the good in trial

For now Your hand I am within

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Jesus, thank You for trial

Thank You for tears

Thank You for trial

The difficult years

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For it was Your trial

When You laid Yourself down

And it was through my trial

You turned my life around

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I know in time of trial

You are there

Yes in my time of trial

You are there

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I’ve been writing a lot about trial lately, so I thought I’d post one of the poems I wrote as a teenager. I wrote a lot of depressing poems at this time because I was deep in a medication induced depression. But very often God would seem to write Himself into them and almost always they would end in hope. It was very therapeutic. I hope this one can help you if you are in the middle of a difficult time. God works every trial for good. His most difficult trial produced our own salvation. There is always hope.

~Joy Aletheia Stevens

Photo Credit: White Roses in the Rain by John Morgan (CC BY 2.0)