My Plea
by
Barbara Philbrook
To serve
my Lord has been my lifelong plea,
but before he can use anyone he must open our eyes so our
sinful self we can see.
What
you've unveiled in me is far too painful to view,
would you please accept my total and complete surrender
to you?
So please
take this wretched soul which you've opened for me to
see,
and anoint me as your word offers if we ask it of thee.
Then you
set the course on which you want me to run,
it is my sincere wish to bring Glory to you "all
three in one."
God what
you are showing me is too ugly and painful to bare,
how could you love me and through grace have paid
my price there?
Father,
I'm not worthy to even call on your name,
if you rejected me totally I would understand and know
that I alone am to blame.
Through
all of my years you've been right there for me,
and because of the sin of self-righteousness not enough
blemishes did I see.
My soul is
so black so putrid from within,
and I so piously thought I'm not guilty of too much sin.
In any
case Lord may your will be done here on earth,
as I surrender myself knowing that only through you
do I have any worth!
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