the gospel song beyond the shadow of a doubt/ lyrics

I know one response for this kind of statement is to say that God exists in people and we should look for him there. But the issue has been haunting me ever since.

The very act of prayer suddenly became so tragically absurd that I shut up, took two aspirin and went to sleep. About three sentences into it, I realized I really wasn’t feeling what l was saying. That became apparent to me the other night when I tried to pray. I’m not denying God’s existence, but for me He’s simply not real. I’ve lost God This is no case of sophomoric atheism, but rather a matter-of-fact statement in the same way that I might say I’ve Something has been bothering me of late which I think merits mentioning to you. So, you can understand why I loved goin' to the youth conventions, 'cause it proved beyond that shadow of a doubt there were girls goin' to church who were under sixty-five years of age.I suspect you’ll be able to relate to the sentiment expressed in a letter that a fellow-pastor received. 'Cause if I didn't I had the largest gathering of elderly ladies ever to act upon their moral obligation to report everything I ever said or did. Like most people, over the years, I got used to the pressure of sayin' and doin' all the right things whether I believed it or not.

And there I would sit, behind the pulpit, and count ceiling tiles for the next hour and a half. That's usually how long it took to be called up to the platform for the express purpose of keeping me from escaping under the pews. And as a child, I had the honor of sittin' in the front row for the first five minutes of every sermon. 'Cause Mom was the organ player and the Sunday School teacher, while I took up the offering. To tell the truth, I was born on Saturday and in church on Sunday, and I guarantee I was never late. Now my Dad is the finest man of God to ever grace the pulpit of a small Pentecostal church. Whoa, ha ha! Now, this is the story of a lower-middle class, American preacher's kid who found that we don't always do all the right things for the right reasons.

The gospel song beyond the shadow of a doubt/ lyrics