david lessard - I am a deaf man...

physically speaking, I am a deaf man,
spiritually speaking, I am not deaf to God's word;
I praise and honor Him in any way I can,
and in my silent prayers, I know that I am heard.

man is spiritually blind, wounds he cannot see,
he laughs off the pain and hurt, ignores the cries;
and says, for but the grace of God, that might be me,
he does not see affliction, nor hears the sighs.

I've been deaf for twenty years, maybe longer,
the way of Jesus, was not always, the path for me;
but then, I reached life's bottom, and I got stronger,
the scales, fell from my eyes, then I could see.

because I gave my life to Him, I can stand up straighter,
because I gave my life to Him, I now can walk in peace;
I'm satisfied that He came into my life, much later,
because each day is filled with joys that never cease.

I am a deaf man and to you and others, I cannot hear,
the hearing aids help out, but they alone are not a cure;
with the prescense of the Lord, I am without man's fear,
and there is nothing in this world, that I cannot endure.

david lessard

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