Bearers of the Light

<p>The Light we must bear<br/>Is the Light we must share<br/>Is the Light that illumines the darkness<br/>The promises kept<br/>Give us strength to accept<br/>This burden of bearing the Light<br/><br/>He will walk beside us<br/>A strong friend, Barnabas<br/>He will be that sure shoulder to lean on<br/>The promise we share<br/>Is our burden to bear<br/>And our Light tells the darkness to be gone<br/><br/>The Light we must bear<br/>Is the Light we must share<br/>Is the Light that illumines the darkness<br/>The promises kept<br/>Give us strength to accept<br/>This burden of bearing the Light<br/>He will come after me<br/>This young Timothy<br/>Looking for someone to guide him<br/>I will kindle his Light<br/>Make him strong for the fight<br/>I will promise to be there beside him<br/><br/>The Light we must bear<br/>Is the Light we must share<br/>Is the Light that illumines the darkness<br/>The promises kept<br/>Give us strength to accept<br/>This burden of bearing the Light<br/><br/>And so we must claim<br/>In His powerful Name<br/>The Promise the Bible has spoken<br/>We must understand<br/>That a cord of three strands<br/>Cannot be easily broken<br/><br/>The great need of us all<br/>A true mentor, a Paul<br/>Who has traveled the road that&#x27;s before us<br/>He has made good the pledge<br/>To take the Light on ahead<br/>We can follow his footsteps before us<br/>The Light we must bear<br/>Is the Light we must share<br/>Is the Light that illumines the darkness<br/>The promises kept<br/>Give us strength to accept<br/>This burden of bearing the Light<br/><br/>The promises kept<br/>Give us strength to accept<br/>This burden of bearing the Light<br/>This burden of bearing the Light