When pain and faith collide
The one absorbs the other.
But not without a shock
That shakes us to the core.
We trust in our own strength
Forgetting we are frail.
Until that unplanned hour
We’re broken, hurt, and sore.
It comes in many ways,
But always ends the same.
With perfect strategy,
It brings us to our knees.
Our minds become unclear
When hit while unaware.
And surveys all our sins,
Then tells us we are through.
Then in our shaken voice
Our faith lets out a groan.
Thunders cross the heavens,
For by Him it’s supplied.
For faith is the power
That overcomes the world.
One absorbs the other
When pain and faith collide.
-D. Eaton
The Fight of Faith 