Pebbles on the beach

So many rocks and pebbles

Too many to count upon the shore

But I found that peaceful pleasure

Much too wonderful to ignore

I stepped onto that rocky beach

Wobbling as I went along

But as I found my balance

My heart was lifted up in song

The words were softly sighing

“Que sera, sera, what ever will be will be"

For as I give up my problems to the Lord

These simple words are for His ears

I’m struggling to get by these days

Without crying these many salty tears

They come unbidden: pour like rain

As I re-live my life of pain

But in the end it comes to me

No matter what I have done

No matter where I have been

Jesus has already paid my price

His blood has washed me clean

And now as I begin my story

I long to be forgiven all over again

To Jesus goes all the glory

To Jesus goes all the praise

For just as I walked upon this rocky beach

Just as I looked down: observed

Each rock and pebble: smoothed and worn

Is like we poor sinners: in His sight

He has watched us as we tumbled

Stood right beside us all the way

As the waves pick us up and toss us down

He it is who guides us every day

He knows that after our long journey

Just like these pebbles upon the shore

Just as they are rounded, smoothed and worn

He; our dearest Father has smoothed, proved us

Now as we wait upon life’s shore

Now we wait His soon coming

We have been tossed, tumbled and smoothed

We have been cleansed and been made pure!