South Africa 2012

I look all around me, and see

Injustice.

It's raging.

I look all around me, and fight

Fight feeling helpless

Fight feeling hopeless

Fight feeling useless

Wondering if I could really change anything.

Wondering if I'm strong enough.

Wondering if I have the will

Before I could protect it

my heart breaks

The depths of my soul strain

In anguish

In pain

Seeing scarred faces

Seeing hands weakly flutter

Not knowing when this orphan last ate

Not knowing who will love her when I'm on the plane

Not knowing who will hold her when she's all alone

Not knowing who will bring her hope when she's skin and bone

If I leave, I leave my heart

Lifeless me returns to my sad reality

Depression sets in

Worry. Anger. Confusion.

Loss of understanding

Overwhelming tears.

Doubt, however, doesn't enter

Doubt stays out of the picture

My heart tells me there is hope

With a smile on her face

There is hope

With hands clinging to my clothes

There is hope

With a tear filled face

I know there is hope

Because God weeps

I have hope

Because God sends

I can give hope through him

Because He made me to be his hands and feet

This hope doesn't end

hope lives in His will through us

hope lives in the hearts of orphans


hope resounds in the love of Jesus


hope inhabits the children of God

hope compells me to take action

We can't lose this hope

We can't turn away

With all the confusion

With all the pain

Let's not let hope stray away

See it's Satan that tries to take this hope away

He uses confusion to pull us to the grave

But when we volunteer to die daily

We have hope of new life

We have victory

And He, he's defeated.

So we live in hope

We breathe in hope

Because hope is the only chance we have

Hope is the breath we take

I see hope in the beautiful eyes of orphans

Hope of survival

Hope of love

Hope of becoming a leader

Hope in the name of Jesus

If I could have half that hope

Oh the difference the Lord could make

There is a time for sadness

A time for tears

But there's a time to rise and realize

It is by grace we are saved

through faith

It's a gift from God

All the time is the time to be thankful

And this gratitude

It brings hope.

Hope that these children will be saved

Hope that God can use us to pick them up

To give them enough

Hope that the rape, the AIDS, the sickness and pain

Will disappear, will be healed

Hope that when we reach the end of the age

We'll be forever together

Glorifying the King

Hope that they remember our love

Hope that we can return

Faith that God is holding them in His right hand

Trust that the Lord has a plan

Joy that the Lord has overcome the world

Exuberance

Knowing the Lord is bringing revival

Excitement in rejoicing with all the time we have

Until we meet face to face

And our hope is made complete

When our hearts are united as family

When we warmly embrace

When the greatest love we have ever known

Tells us "I am the reason for your hope"

Until that day we hope in the Lord

We let hope and love drive our hearts heavenward

We love everyday

Thankful for an opportunity to give our lives away

In hope that we will engage others

Into a love relationship

With the King

Hoping, they'll join the family

So injustice will cease

So crying will cease

So love will overcome everything

So all we have hoped for will be filled

As we hear our Father say "Welcome Home"