A Friend to Believe In

There are so many things in this life

I find near impossible to bear.

The scattered hopes; the shattered dreams

The tragedies that make life so unfair.

Through it all I must find a place

Where I can feel free and without a care:

Friends to believe in, to love,

And with whom my burdens to share.

I have found very few people

In whom I can completely trust;

Who find that, in a friendship,

Care, understanding, and Christian living are a must.

But when I met you,

I felt a change come over my life,

And I knew you would be there

To help me deal with the turmoil and strife.

You show such an example

Of what my life should be.

You care and understand me,

And from my doubts you pray I will be set free.

Words cannot express my feelings for you,

Nor the love that I have within,

But I know, without a doubt, that in you

I’ve found a friend to believe in.

Phyllis D Jolliff