Would I give up the peaks
\nif in doing so,
\nI could save myself the valleys?
\nWould I surrender the heights
\nto never experience the depths?
\nNever feel sublime pleasure
\nso that I might never mourn its loss?<\/p>\n
Would I walk forever in twilight
\nso as to never experience
\nthe burning light of midday
\nor the anguished dark of night?<\/p>\n
Would I give up joy
\nfor a chance to not feel grief?<\/p>\n
To live life without the superlative,
\nno extremes of highs or lows
\nThe thought tempts my mind
\nwhen I sit near the bottom<\/p>\n
But I have experienced the even
\nthe world without feeling
\nI have tasted of the stupor
\nthat allows neither hot nor cold<\/p>\n
My choice instead shall be
\nto follow my Savior
\nwhere e’re He leads<\/p>\n
whether beside the still waters
\nor to the valley of the shadow of death<\/p>\n
The Lord gives and the Lord takes away
\nI shall bless His name<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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