:::those words I DIDN'T say:::


I PASSED BY A MAN ONE DAY
SITTING ALONE IN THE PARK
I WAS IN A HURRY, GOING SOMEWHERE
AND IT WAS GETTING RATHER DARK

A FEW DAYS LATER, I READ
WHERE THIS VERY MAN HAD DIED
WONDERING IF HE WAS A CHRISTIAN
I BOWED MY HEAD AND CRIED!


ALTHOUGH GOD HAD TUGGED AT MY HEART
AS I HURRIED ON MY WAY
THE DEVIL TOLD ME "NO TIME!"
FOR THOSE WORDS I DIDN'T SAY!

WE CAN RATTLE ON FOR HOURS AND HOURS
WITH IDLE, USELESS SPEECH
BUT WHY IS IT SO HARD TO HELP
THE LORD IN HIS OUT REACH?


I FOUND MYSELF WITH A FRIEND
THINGS WERE GETTING OUT OF HAND
A MISUNDERSTANDING HAD OCCURED
DON'T KNOW HOW IT BEGAN

BUT INSTEAD OF YELLING LOUDER
I TRIED THE CHRISTIAN WAY
IT WAS SMOTHERED WITH LOVE
AND THOSE WORDS I DIDN'T SAY!


OUR VOICES CAN BE USEFUL TOOLS
TO COMFORT AND TO CARE
BUT THEY CAN CUT LIKE A KNIFE
AND DESTROY WITHOUT REPAIR

IF WE YIELD TO GOD'S CALL
TRUSTING HIM, DAY BY DAY
WE'LL NOT HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT THOSE WORDS WE DIDN'T SAY!!!


[This webpage was written and created by Kenny Mitchell for WebUplifterMinistries ® 2001]