Hard

 

After the instrumental piece, "78 Eatonwood Green," the "legacy" half of A Liturgy, a Legacy, and a Ragamuffin Band kicks off with a semi-peppy prayer of introspection and truthful confession.

Well, I am a good Midwestern boy

I give an honest day's work if I can get it

I don't cheat on my taxes, I don't cheat on my girl

I've got values that would make the White House jealous

Well, I do get a little much over-impressed

'Til I think of Peter and Paul and the apostles

I don't stack up too well against them I guess

But by the standards 'round here I ain't doing that awful

Lord, it's hard to turn the other cheek

Hard to bless when others curse you

Oh Lord, it's hard to be a man of peace

Lord, it's hard, oh it's hard,

You know it's hard to be like Jesus

Don't you know it's hard, oh it's hard,

Oh Lord, it's hard to be like Jesus

And it's hard to step out on them waves

Hard to walk beyond your vision

Oh Lord, it's hard to be a man of faith

Lord, it's hard, Lord, it's hard,

Oh Lord, it's hard to be like Jesus

Don't you know it's hard, oh it's hard,

Oh Lord, it's hard to be like Jesus

Well, His eye is on the sparrow

And the lilies of the field I've heard

And He will watch over you and He will watch over me

So we can dress like flowers and eat like birds

And it's hard when your soul has been stripped bare

Hard to lift your eyes toward Heaven

Oh Lord, it's hard to be a man of prayer

Lord, it's hard, oh it's hard,

You know it's hard to be like Jesus

Lord, it's hard to be a man of peace

But it's hard, ain't it hard,

You know it's hard to be like Jesus

Don't you know it's hard, and it's hard

To be a man of peace

But it's hard to be like Jesus

Well, I am a good Midwestern boy

I give an honest day's work if I can get it

I don't cheat on my taxes, I don't cheat on my girl

I've got values that would make the White House jealous

1993 - Edward Grant, Inc.

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Truth is...As much as I like to talk about following Jesus and how that's a purposeful life to live, it's not all that easy. It IS hard to bless when others curse you. After all, in Luke 9:23, Jesus said that following him was going to be like carrying your own cross to Calvary every day.