LIFT YOUR FAITH AS A SHIELD!

When this world scoffs at you  

And hates you with its unmasked wrath,  

For entering God's Glory,  

Lift your Faith, brother, as a Shield!  

The oppressor tortures and kills,  

But you are cleansed by Christ's Blood.  

Even if everything around you perishes,  

Lift your Faith, brother, as a Shield!  

One digs in the pot and starves,  

While another is happy with excess...  

But heed what the Spirit dictates!  

Lift your Faith, brother, as a Shield!  

The road is doomed for the worms,  

And every parasite is condemned with them.  

But since you are called to Eternal Life,  

Lift your Faith, brother, as a Shield!  

If you are a target of a wicked aim  

And it lurks – secretive, dreadful...  

To see your soul comforted,  

Lift your Faith, brother, as a Shield!  

Today the world is in its final clash –  

Saints against the devilish elite.  

Rich in Jesus, but poor in everything else,  

Lift your Faith, brother, as a Shield!  

The end of great suffering will come,  

And every wormwood will be tested...  

For happiness – may you be two with the Lord,  

Lift your Faith, brother, as a Shield!  

Amen and Amen!

Stefan Glavchev  

(The Bird Within You)