The Name of Joy
By Effie Darlene Barba
With Glorious shout, I must proclaim
True Joy does have a name
A name so sweet so filled with love
Innate with power from above
That all before His name must bow
Yet, Majesty saw me somehow
Thus Jesus Christ, He died for me
That I this wretch might be set free
From quilt laid chains that bound despair
This heart so caught in sin’s dark lair
Set Free by Grace-now lifts in flight
My path illumined by His light
To rise above my shame to soar
Drawn by His Glory evermore
And cloaked with righteousness not mine
A Mystery of Grace, divine
That all my heart did once desire
I’d cast into the murky mire
That I might go where’er He lead
And to His will I long concede
My voice resounding joyous strains
Amidst these earthly trials, pains
My eyes are fixed upon my Lord
My heart in His with one accord
Held firmly by His Mighty Hand
That I, in victory may stand
And one day on that distant shore
I’ll be with Him for evermore
© 2014 Effie Darlene Barba
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