Mark 5:1-6:6 - When Death does Not Win
This Ain’t for the Faint Hearted
Song [Reflective] – Malcolm Gordon
‘Let’s set off for the other side,’ he said.
Something in his eyes
Filled me with dread
But I said that I would follow come what may
Still I couldn’t stop wondering
What we’d meet upon the way
The sailing started off smooth enough
The Master found a pillow
And some time away from us
And just as I was thinking all was well
A demon of a wind
Broke right out of hell
Wildness
That could snatch your life away
This ain’t for the faint hearted
And mine grows faint within me
Raging
It don’t matter what you pray
This ain’t for the faint hearted
And yet there’s faith within me
I woke the master screaming, ‘Don’t you see?!
You might be the chosen one
But what about me?’
He rubbed his eyes and clambered to his feet
Then raising up his arms
He whispered peace to the sea
The whisper carried high above the gale
With gentle waves lapping
There was nothing in our sails
And every eye turned and fixed on him
Whatever fear we had
Now had a new direction
Wildness
That could snatch your life away
This ain’t for the faint hearted
And mine grows faint within me
Raging
It don’t matter what you pray
This ain’t for the faint hearted
And yet there’s faith within me
At last we row on to the other side
Weary and bedraggled
With some bruises on our pride
But lurking in the shadow of the day
Was evil with its vassal
That nothing could restrain
And screaming up a storm he came at us
With waves of rage and violence
Boiling in his blood
Again with quiet words the fury fell
And evil vanquished from this soul
All the way to hell
Wildness
That could snatch your life away
This ain’t for the faint hearted
And mine grows faint within me
Raging
It don’t matter what you pray
This ain’t for the faint hearted
And yet there’s faith within me
The townsfolk hoped to see the back of us
Though we’d saved their son among the tombs
It still wasn’t enough
Or maybe it was more than they could see
And trying as I might
I think the same was true of me
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