III. If You Believe

It's easiest to say that you believe
when storm clouds haven't darkened
the sunlight of your day;
but in the night you're easily deceived,
the past comes back to haunt you,
and the future slips away.

Faith isn't faith, 'til it's all you're holding on to,
faith isn't faith, 'til it's all that you have left.
Your faith in God will guide you through
life's rough and troubled seas
and bring you home to safety on the shore.
Faith isn't faith, 'til it's all you're holding on to,
faith isn't faith, 'til it's all that you have left.
Your faith will help sustain you when
your hopes and dreams are gone,
and faith in God is all you really need,
if you believe.

If it weren't for trials we'd never learn to grow.
left on our own, we'd choose to miss
the challenge of the dawn.
But when we feel most helpless, we should know,
He's standing right beside us,
giving strength to carry on.

Faith isn't faith, 'til it's all you're holding on to,
faith isn't faith, 'til it's all that you have left.
Your faith in God will guide you through
life's rough and troubled seas
and bring you home to safety on the shore.
Faith isn't faith, 'til it's all you're holding on to,
faith isn't faith, 'til it's all that you have left.
Your faith will help sustain you when
your hopes and dreams are gone,
and faith in God is all you really need,
if you believe.

  Words and music by Jane Ellen  

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Song lyric from the film Heaven Only Knows.
May not be reprinted elsewhere without permission.