Matthew

Out in the backwoods where the timber grows tall

I try to be patient and laugh through it all

My name is Matthew, just a simple man

Trying to walk the path laid by the Master's hand

But the road gets rocky and the shadows get long

That’s when the Good Lord steps in and makes me strong

He said He’d never leave me, He’d never forsake

And every single promise is one He won't break

When I hit my lowest low and my spirit would bend

He never took His hand off me, right to the end

Through the hardest of times, He is steady and true

He's always been faithful to pull me right through

I look at the milestones I've passed on my way

When my pride was shattered like a vessel of clay

He had to break me down to build me anew

To give me a higher calling, a service to do

It took a heavy heart and a tear in my eye

To see the Lord’s purpose in the by and by

He said He’d never leave me, He’d never forsake

And every single promise is one He won't break

When I hit my lowest low and my spirit would bend

He never took His hand off me, right to the end

Through the hardest of times, He is steady and true

He's always been faithful to pull me right through

Now my faith is the engine, it drives me ahead

I lean on the Word and the things that He said

I can smile at the storm, I can weather the rain

'Cause I know that the breaking was never in vain

He said He’d never leave me, He’d never forsake

And every single promise is one He won't break

When I hit my lowest low and my spirit would bend

He never took His hand off me, right to the end

Through the hardest of times, He is steady and true

He's always been faithful to pull me right through

Yeah, He never took His hand off of me