There's a Light Shining in the Darkness

There's a light shining in the darkness
Ever exciting to talk about
As it's a brightness one can harness
To chase away despair and doubt

Ever Christ's light is a north star
Guiding us to heaven's gate
When we seek it...we go far
So....let us not hesitate

He is the pathway from depression
For He offers light that makes us whole
To a broken heart...comes impressions
Unto purity of mind and soul

Given today through living prophets
We've modern day guidance we need
Our lives were not meant to be perfect
But a chance to grow and strive indeed

Feelings and knowledge are all we take
When, of life...we depart
It's through covenants that we make
That His light sweetly imparts

After using up all one's resources
Yet...still relapsing, ever more miserable
A belief within us courses
That our only hope is a miracle

Reading to discover God's love all anew
There to resolve my awful dark plague
What can I, like the woman with an issue of blood, do?
But, reach out for Christ... filled with faith

These words put fire into my spirit
There to settle within my bones
Light does come as we search for it
Dispelling the darkness that each man owns

"We live in a time the Lord foretold"
Said our beloved prophet, President Benson
Men's hearts are failing and becoming cold
As Satan overcomes minds unto depression

The path of safety is self-reliance
As instant gratification is Satan's tool
And we can't depend solely on science
As we struggle in life...ever our school

"Salvation is nothing more or less than triumph"
Said Joseph Smith who had reason to despair
We can put enemies under foot knowing who to rely on
As we turn to God...He provides care

Discovering for myself at every stage
How to rise above dark feelings that oft come
Likening this disease to how an illness does wage
And to how doctors prescribe as a means to overcome

First there is an assessment
To complete a diagnosis
Unto intervention and treatment
Marked for a desired prognosis

Recovery being the expectation
And relapse the prevention
A flowing for rehabilitation
Without intending assessment's extension

With the Savior...we heal from the inside out
Not so dependent on outside sources
Unto overcoming despair and doubt
As the spirit like a fire courses

Let us put depression at our feet
And rise form our beds more made whole
That the threats of our day- we can meet
Through inspiration, service, and goals

Take out paper...write everything down
Then truly seek the Savior
Tell Him of your desires to be made sound
Then...be patient, making record of God's favor

Activate revelation
And give service while searching light
Pray oft without reservation
Continually, reaching up... unto new heights

Shall He take away each consequence?
Or our inability to sleep
No... but He'll stay with us, hence
That our long nights might be made sweet

Always we have the scriptures
To place before our eyes
There to see heavenly pictures
Painted for us by Christ

In our afflictions, He does visit
Giving support perfectly
That in trials we do witness
His arms of mercy protecting

Exploring a transcript:
"Christ-Centered Healing Form Depression
And Low Self-Worth"
By Carrie Maxwell Wrigley, LCSW
BYU Education Week, August 15, 2005


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