I'LL CARRY THE PROMISE

APRIL 16^th, 2012

I’LL CARRY THE PROMISE

I’ll carry the promise of hope

I’ll carry the promise of love

I’ll carry the promise

Of up above

I’ll carry the promise of life

I’ll carry the promise of love

I’ll carry the promise

Of up above

I wear the medal

Of seven operations

I wear the medal

Of a lifetime of chronic illness

I wear the stigma of a bankruptcy

I wear the cross of many failed relationships

I wear the cross of love

I wear the cross of botched medical care

I wear the cross

Of when nothing and no one

Seemed to want to share

I wear the cross of love

I wear the cross

Of a lifetime of problems

I could do nothing about

I wear the cross of love

But most of all

I haven’t given up

So I carry the cross of hope

So I carry the cross of love

So I carry the cross

Of up above

I carry the cross

Of falling down

Over and over and over again

I carry the cross

Of not knowing when to say “WHEN”

So I decided

To carry the promise of love

I decided to carry the cross of hope

And to carry

The promise of God up above

The promise of God who says:

“My son I will never forsake you”

So I carry

THE CROSS OF LOVE

Robert P. Wallman

6-9-06

Ps “If anyone would come after me

He must deny himself and take up his cross

And come follow me

For whoever wants to save his life

Will lose it

But whoever loses his life for me

And the gospel will save it” Mark 8:34-35