Through times of grief and sorrow
Through times of pain and woe
Through times of deep dark valleys
We wondered which way to go
Through times when we forgot you
You never left our side
When we turned our backs upon you
And we tried to run and hide
You caught each tear of sorrow
And you've kept each tear of fear
In a bottle to remind us
You're God and you are near
As we climb out of the valleys
Once again to the mountain top
You've shook those tears upon us
To say your love won't stop
For every tear we've ever shed
I think God's shed one too
And I think that they're recorded
In his book of love for you
Billy Arrington is the poet laureate for Sweetwater Baptist Church in North Augusta.
