A promise kept
Is an Amen to the heart!
It is a Yes
To Life and Joy.
The whole world waits
With breath contained
To see a Word maintained.

Each day a hope
Wakes in our breast
To believe in love
Yearn to be blest
Beneath the desire
For fame and wealth
Is the deeper need
To experience truth.

In the eyes of a friend
In a handclasp hello
In the greeting of sunrise
To children below
A Father renews
His love for his own
And whispers His promise
I’ll not leave you alone.
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