Step by Step (Carley)

Step by step

our Fa­ther leads us up­ward

Ever high­er

to our home above;

Step by step

for­ev­er go­ing on­ward

In His hand

and trust­ing in His love.

Though oft our hearts may ache with si­lent long­ing

Which on­ly He our Lord may know

One day we’ll un­der­stand the joy and bless­ing

Which came from serv­ing Him be­low.

Step by step

our char­ac­ters are mold­ed

By our Sav­ior’s lov­ing

ten­der hands

Step by step

as ev’ry day un­fold­ed

Brings us near­er right to where He stands.

For through our deep­est tri­als He is faith­ful;

His love our emp­ti­ness will fill.

And thus our Lord will make us to be joy­ful

Through faith and trust with­in Him still.

Step by step

He leads through sun­ny wea­ther

In His arms

the storms we have with­stood;

And we know that all things work to­ge­ther

By His care

for all our high­est good.

For though we may not un­der­stand His work­ings

Or grasp the wis­dom of His plans

One day we’ll see the beau­ty of His do­ings

And know the love of His com­mands.

Step by step

with each one draw­ing near­er

To our ev­er­last­ing home on high;

Step by step

with each one He is dear­er;

For our sins

for us

He bled and died.

Not long will pass be­fore our jour­ney’s end­ed

And this old life will be no more;

For He who by all Heav­en is at­tend­ed

Shall lead us all to Ca­naan’s shore.