Would I give up the peaks
if in doing so,
I could save myself the valleys?
Would I surrender the heights
to never experience the depths?
Never feel sublime pleasure
so that I might never mourn its loss?
Would I walk forever in twilight
so as to never experience
the burning light of midday
or the anguished dark of night?
Would I give up joy
for a chance to not feel grief?
To live life without the superlative,
no extremes of highs or lows
The thought tempts my mind
when I sit near the bottom
But I have experienced the even
the world without feeling
I have tasted of the stupor
that allows neither hot nor cold
My choice instead shall be
to follow my Savior
where e’re He leads
whether beside the still waters
or to the valley of the shadow of death
The Lord gives and the Lord takes away
I shall bless His name