This Road

All heavy laden, acquainted with sorrow,
may Christ in our marrow, carry us home.
From alabaster, come blessings of laughter,
a fragrance of passion and joy from the truth.

Grant the unbroken, tears ever flowing,
from hearts of contrition, only for You.
May sin never hold true that love never broke through,
for God's mercy holds us, and we are His own.

This road that we travel, may it be the straight and narrow.
God, give us peace and grace from You, all the day,
Shelter with fire, our voices we raise still higher.
God give us peace and grace from You, all the day through.

(Jars of Clay)