Dark Night of the Soul

There is a silence that echoes with emptiness

A silence that  reveals and renders me a fraud

There is a silence that is pregnant with pain

But there’s no silence like the silence of God

In this dark night of the soul there is no choice

There is no other sound and no security 

But to wait and wait upon the Saviors voice

Open my ears to hear, heal these  eyes  to see.

The world will try to take its toll

But God has his reasons and a Holy Goal

In the fellowship He brings 

Partaking of  Christ’s sufferings

In the dark night, the dark night of the soul.

Lord have you abandoned me?

I believe you have not forsaken me in my grief

But a tear drenched pillow is my reality

Lord I cry out -help my unbelief…

We are not crushed; but afflicted in every way,

We are perplexed, but not driven to despair; 

Persecuted, but not forsaken or cast away

Struck down, but not laid waste beyond repair

The world will try to take its toll

But God has his reasons and a Holy Goal

In the fellowship He brings 

Partaking of  Christ’s sufferings

In the dark night, the dark night of the soul.

In the dark night, the dark night of the soul.

2 Cor. 4:7–10

Lamentations 2:19

November  11, 2023

Anthony Foster