MY GOD LEADS ME

Through briars and thorns my God leads me
And takes me ‘cross tempestuous seas,
And walks by my side through the tempest
Until Himself within me He sees.

He places my feet in the fire
And lets sad things come my way,
But through it all He is with me
And stays by my side every day.

His children chastised to make ready
Their entrance through heavenly gates
Where mansions for each is now standing
And the Father for each one awaits.

Through briars and thorns my God leads me,
His image to carve in my soul,
Through sorrow and refining fires…
He places my feet on the coal.