Was it meant to be easy? Did you think it would be hard? There's a beauty in the giving, in the surrender of your heart In the dying there's a living, death is but the start The work that had begun will never come to pass In the losing comes the finding, in the wait, the sanctifying Though there's pain in the night, joy in the morning In the valley there is light When it feels that love is costly I know it's worth the offering The return's worth more than it imparts Oh help me love the giving up With joy and not reluctance For something greater than my selfish wants Oh to trust in Your prevailing plans And in Your perfect righteousness I rest in You and I can stand Oh please preserve my soul You call me to faithfulness Help me not to waste it Oh, empower me by Your Spirit to love beyond myself To live for more than myself They need me and I need You They need me to show them You When they run into my arms Show them there's a greater love From which all goodness flows A fountain where we all must go A river whose water's life The vine in which I must abide To have any hope in life Know the way the story ends Oh my child be assured of this You will see my goodness in the land of the living Oh help me love the giving up With joy and not reluctance For something greater than my selfish wants Oh and trust in Your prevailing plans And in Your perfect righteousness I rest in You and I can stand Oh please preserve my soul You call me to faithfulness Help me not to waste it Call me to contentment Help me not resent it Call to perseverance, and The faithful one will do it