Overcomer

Oft hope would be foiled by failure

Fervor overcome with fear

Hunger like a honing saber

Strumming sorrow’s numbing tear

Disappointment would defeat us

Heartache, ah, terminal blight

Dark the dawn would break to greet us

Overcome by terror’s night

Long would be the road, and lonesome

Haunted by misstep and such

Discouragement like a prison

Barring lips from laughter’s touch

But for One, who grants forgiveness

By His grace joy fills this clod

Overcome with mercy’s kindness

From a faithful, loving God  

From wasteland He wakes a garden

Overcomes Past with Today

Provider of peace and pardon

As we how head-heart and pray

Keeper of His Promise, Heaven

Faith trusts in what none can see

Through Christ's blood sinners forgiven

Overcome hell’s destiny

© Janet Martin

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, 

that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Heb.4:16

 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. 

In this world you will have trouble. 

But take heart! 

I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33

 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. 

And His commandments are not burdensome,

 because everyone born of God overcomes the world.  

And this is the victory that has overcome the world: 

our faith.  

Who then overcomes the world? 

Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

1 John 5:3-5