I will meet you in the Hard place
Where the heat will sting my face,
Where all that brought me joy before
Is now filled with empty space.
I will meet you in the Hard place
Holding tight my bloodied sword
made blunt from all the battles
where I fought to keep your word
I will meet you in the Hard Place
where I’ll find no one but you,
Where no comfort or distraction
will be there to pull me through.
I will meet you in the hard place
I have polished up my shield,
yet it leaves so much uncovered
Leaves my weaknesses revealed.
I will meet you in the Hard Place
I can only trust that you are near
I am stood within a furnace of fire
Throwing coals at advancing fears.
I will meet you in the Hard Place
Respond to your voiceless call
If this is how I am to love you
Then I am unable to withdraw
I am waiting in the Hard place
Waiting upon an epiphany
Yet somehow its in this waiting
I can see its the gift you are giving me.
