The Way to God

If my days were untroubled,

And my heart always light;

Would I seek that fair land,

Where there is no night?

If I never grew weary,

With the weight of my load,

Would I search for God's peace,

At the end of the road?

If I never knew sickness

And never felt pain,

Would I reach for a hand,

To help and sustain?

If I walked not with sorrow,

And lived without loss,

Would my soul seek sweet solace,

At the foot of the cross?

If all I desired

Was mine day by day,

Would I kneel before God

And earnestly pray?

If God sent no winter,

To freeze me with fear,

Would I yearn for the warmth

Of spring every year?

I ask myself this and

The answer is plain;

If my life were all pleasure,

And I never knew pain -

I'd seek God less often,

And need Him much less,

For God's sought more often

In times of distress.

And no one knows God

Or sees Him as plain,

As those who have met Him,

On the pathway of pain.

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