It Makes Me Smile

   A song I was introduced to some years ago speaks to me now more than ever before...here are some of the lyrics:  Be Ye Glad by Michael Kelly Blanchard, c.1980, Paragon Music Corp, The Benson Co. Inc., Nashville, TN

   "In these days of confused situations, in these nights of a restless remorse;
   When the heart and the soul of a nation lay wounded and cold as a corpse.
   From the grave of the innocent Adam comes a song bringing joy to the sad;
   Oh, your cry has been heard and the ransom has been paid up in full, be ye glad.

   Now, from your dungeon a rumor is stirring, you have heard it again and again;
   Ah, but this time the cell keys are turning and outside there are faces of friends.
   And though your body lay weary from wasting, and your eyes show the sorrow you've had.
   Oh, the love that your heart is now tasting has opened the gate, be ye glad.

   Chorus: Be ye glad; be ye glad. Every debt that you've ever had,
   Has been paid up in full by the grace of the Lord. Be ye glad; be ye glad; be ye glad.

   So be like lights on the rim of the water, giving hope in a storm of the night;
   Be a refuge amidst the slaughter of those fugitives in their flight.
   For you are timeless and part of a puzzle; you are winsome and young as a lad;
   And there is no disease or no struggle that can pull you from God, be ye glad."

   When I sing this song to Marvin, we have a good cry, but more and more we know the truth of this...Huntington's Disease can't separate us from God, disappointments in each other can't, losses can't, death can't...Romans 8 says that absolutely NOTHING can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus...cause for JOY!