I saw this on the internet, Lord...
A door frame's linteled icon, Lord,
your holy face, peeking ‘round the corner,
and whispering a reminder: I
saw that!
Indeed, you're always 'round the corner,
you always have your eye on me,
you never turn away, Lord,
I’m forever in your gaze…
And you see everything, Lord:
you see everything I do
and everything I fail to do...
You see, for good
or ill,
all the motives and the reasons
for my failures and successes…
you see the grief that no one else observes;
the hope that keeps my dreams alive;
the doubts that haunt my mind and thoughts;
the love I want - and fear I’ll find;
the loneliness no one suspects;
the pain I bear though no one knows;
the simple joys I'm slow to share...
You see everything within me, Lord:
my reaching for your mercy though I sin and sin again;
the beauty of my tarnished soul washed clean by healing grace;
the souvenirs of happiness my memory holds so dear;
the aches and pains that shape my mood, my effort and my spirits;
the wrongs and hurt I’ve suffered through no fault of my own;
the harm I’ve done to others when I only meant to help;
the depths of my capacity to know you as my friend;
the goodness of the person you created me to be;
the God-shaped space within me that I long for you to fill…
Indeed, you see it all, Lord
- nothing's hidden from your sight!
Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake,
watch over me while I sleep
that awake, I keep the watch with you
and asleep, rest in your peace...
Take O Take Me As I Am by John Bell
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Take, O take me as I am,
summon out what I shall be,
set your seal upon my heart
and live in me...
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