Not in grasping or in holding shall we find God,

Not in seeking power or serving narrow needs,

But in letting go with joyful expectation

We shall meet the God beyond all creeds.

Trust and let go, trust and let God

Help us rise above life’s cruellest pain,

Trust and let go, trust and let God

Till the mind is filled with peace again.

Not in dreaming of a helper who will save us,

Not in dwelling on our fears and hurtful deeds,

But in letting go with joyful expectation

We shall meet the God beyond all creeds.

Trust and let go, trust and let God

Help us rise above life’s cruellest pain,

Trust and let go, trust and let God

Till the mind is filled with peace again.

Not in looking for a peace that lies outside us,

Not in hoping someone else will plant the seeds,

But in letting go with joyful expectation

We shall meet the God beyond all creeds.

Trust and let go, trust and let God

Help us rise above life’s cruellest pain,

Trust and let go, trust and let God

Till the mind is filled with peace again.

Text © William Livingstone Wallace. Harmony © Graham Hollobon.

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