If my days were untroubled and my heart always light,

would I seek that fair land where there is no night?

If I never grew weary with the weight of my load,

would I search for Yahweh's peace at the end of the road?

If I never knew sickness and never felt pain,

would I search for a hand to help and sustain?

If I walked without sorrow and lived without loss,

would my soul seek solace at the foot of the stake?

If all I desired was mine day by day,

would I kneel before Abba and earnestly pray?

If Adonai sent no winter to freeze me with fear,

would I yearn for the warmth of spring every year?

I ask myself these questions, and the answer is plain,

If my life were pleasure, and I never knew pain--

I'd seek Adonai less often, and need Him much less,

For G-d is sought more often in times of distress.

And no one knows Yahweh or sees Him as plain

As those who have met Him on the pathway of pain.

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