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Just a Closer Walk with Thee

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness.

Time was needed
And she wondered why?
Fear was the cry
Distance, timing, silence

I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly trust in Jesus' Name.

She did what she could
But nothing stood.
Still she counted the good.

On Christ the solid Rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand.

She wouldn't say she's been cursed
Because she knows Who is first.
She'll hold onto dreams
Know He redeems
When she stood on the edge
Of a break through
What seemed impossible to do.

When darkness seems to hide Christ's face, 
I rest on His unchanging grace. 

Long will she wait
And know He's never late
Good is the promise
Even to doubting Thomas.

In every high and stormy gale, 
My anchor holds within the veil.


The winter makes us wonder
If the spring was ever true
But every winter breaks
And the flowers come through.

On Christ the solid Rock I stand, 
All other ground is sinking sand, 
All other ground is sinking sand.

Bitter and angry are being undone.
With a new path begun.

His oath, His covenant, His blood, 
Support me in the whelming flood. 
When all around my soul gives way, 
He then is all my Hope and Stay. 

He came for her questions
Of what she doesn't know
But she can't see the answers
Unless she goes. 

On Christ the solid Rock I stand, 
All other ground is sinking sand, 
All other ground is sinking sand. 

She'll give Him her hatred
Give Him her lonely
Give Him her time
Look to Him only.

On Christ the solid Rock I stand, 
All other ground is sinking sand, 
All other ground is sinking sand. 

And He'll take her by hand
Her weak frame will stand
Cause He hung there losing it all
So that He could draw 
Her weary heart strong
Free of all wrong. 

When He shall come with trumpet sound, 
Oh may I then in Him be found. 
Dressed in His righteousness alone, 
Faultless to stand before the throne. 

Today adversity
But soon eternity
With hope in heart
Love never to depart
With the truth so free,
There's no place she'd rather be.

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