I Have Lived

I have run across the fields of time,

And felt the refreshing showers of blessings.

I know that some of the flowers

By the roadside are mine.

I have felt the sun of toil and the wind of pain.

I have sat in the shade of peace,

and ridden the waves of sorrow.

I've learned that today's sunshine

Can turn into tommorrow's rain,

And if tommorrow never comes, I don't worry,

For I have touched the hand of the future,

And I know that God holds the future in His hands.

I have lived in the joy of my family,

I have lived in the love of Jesus,

And if I die tommorrow,

I still shall live.

Ola Mae White

October 1981