What I Believe

Verse 1

I believe there's wrong and right,

I believe that God gives light.

Every choice we make each day

Helps to shape the world's own way.

When we choose the good and true,

Goodness grows in all we do.

Every life can help us see

What this troubled world could be.

Verse 2

I believe we need not fight

Just because our views aren't alike.

There is room for every soul

Searching for a worthy goal.

Christian, doubter, faithful friend,

We can work toward common ends.

Different roads may cross our way,

Still there's good that we can say.

Yah, yah, still there's good that we can say.

Chorus

This is what I believe,

This is what my heart receives:

Walk in goodness, walk in light,

Love your neighbor, choose the right.

Lift the weary when they grieve,

Give more kindness than you receive.

Love your God and fellow man—

Do the good you know you can.

Do the good you know you can.

Verse 3

I believe we each must bear

Our own burdens, do our share.

We must answer for our way,

For the choices of each day.

Wealth and fame will fade from sight,

Character will still burn bright.

What we make within the soul

Matters more than earthly gold.

Verse 4

I believe that sorrow comes,

Even into faithful homes.

Age will take the strength we knew,

Friends will hurt and loved ones too.

Still the Lord can make us strong,

Even when the road is long.

And the greatest souls may be

Quiet folks we daily see.

Yes, Quiet folks we daily see.

Final Chorus

This is what I believe,

This is what my heart receives:

Walk in goodness, walk in light,

Love your neighbor, choose the right.

Lift the weary when they grieve,

Give more kindness than you receive.

Love your God and fellow man—

Do the good you know you can.

Do the good you know you can.

Outro

Greatness isn't wealth or fame,

Or the glory of a name.

Often greatness quietly

Lives next door to you and me.

Walk in goodness, walk in light—

This is what I believe is right.