Rochelle Arnold - "The Valley" and "Cobwebs"

Yo folks!

Today's next installment for the "Poetic (Leaps) of Faith comes from a local author and community event organizer, Rochelle Arnold! Enjoy!

The Valley

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

I will not lose my faith

I will not lose my step

I will pray

I will get up every day and go on my way

Cause Jesus is beside me with His rod and His staff

I don’t know which way to go, but He’s my better half

He leads me and guides me while lighting my steps

Through the darkness, the struggle, the heights and the depths

I will not lose my mind

Or follow the blind

For the Holy Spirit is with me every day and every night

To teach me and guide me to do what is right

By faith I will live and by faith shall I die

For to die is to gain but to live is with Christ

Though I walk through the shadow

He will be with me there

To carry me if needed, my load He will bear

I know this truth of this I am sure

It’s not by might, nor power but my Spirit, says the Lord

My faith will grow stronger as I follow His lead

The substance of hope the evidence of the unseen

Cobwebs

God is cleaning out the cobwebs from the corners of my heart....

He is sweeping out the dusty places renewing every part...

As I allow the Holy Spirit to renew His strength in me....

I find healing in His presence

and the power to be free...

God is cleaning out the cobwebs from the corners of my soul....

He is breathing life back into me He is making all things whole....

For the Lord is ever faithful to bring fullness to my heart….

Even when my faith feels like it’s going to simply fall apart….

God is cleaning out the darkness from the chaos of my mind….

He is bringing peace and joy as I forget what lies behind….

God is cleaning out the cobwebs from the corners of my heart….

And I know that you and I really aren’t so far apart….

He is cleaning out the cobwebs from the corners of my soul….

He is breathing life back into me He is making all things whole….

He is calling to my spirit….

He is whispering to come….

First, I stand to walk, then my walk becomes a run.