No one can see the pathway of life, what’s ahead, pain, joy or strife. <br />No one’s immune to what takes place, surviving daily only by Grace. <br />Things happen daily we can not see, that may affect you and or me, <br />How they happen we do not know, and it may alter which way we go. <br />At times life will bring us pain, and may appear that life is all in vain. <br /> <br />This pain can come in many ways, and last for hours or many days. <br />At times when we experience pain, it reminds us to seek His name. <br />For God can use this pain friend, as He mold us in His perfect end. <br />So when pain in life does appear, it’s The Lord we must draw near. <br />And until such pain does subside, we know we have Christ inside. <br /> <br />And God fills us with a joy in life, by His presence in Jesus Christ. <br />It is a joy that you can’t explain, and it leaves behind all the pain. <br />And this joy remains in your heart, as Jesus Christ will not depart. <br />He says always be joyful friend, and He knows all about our end. <br />So friend, life can be a joyful place, as God fills us with His Grace, <br /> <br />Even when Satan invades our life, attacking us with his evil strife. <br />He tries destroying our life in Christ, by throwing trials into our life. <br />But whatever evil he may plan, shall never end what Christ began. <br />And all the pain and strife will end, when we enter Eternity friend, <br />Then we’ll have perfect joy in Christ, when we begin Eternal Life. <br /> <br />(Copyright ©03/2005)<br /><br />Bob Gotti<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pain-joy-and-strife/