Regular readers will be familiar with the widget to the right (and below) with the beautiful refrain, Take Me As I Am by John Bell. Though it's on the sidebar every day it sometimes deserves to be brought front and center - especially on days when "as I am" is "all I have..."
Take, O take me as I am.
Summon out what I shall be.
Set your seal upon my heart and live in me...
Take, O take me as I am...Take, O take me as I am.
Take me as I am, Lord:
not as I wish I'd been,
not as I wish I were,
not as I wanted to be today,
not as I hope to be tomorrow
but just as I am today,
the person who stands before you
knowing there's nothing about me
you don't already know...
Summon out what I shall be...
Call forth from me, Lord,
the person you made me to be.
Call out the gifts and talents you've given me.
Summon to the surface what I fear about myself:
pardon what needs mercy
and heal whatever's wounded.
Summon out from deep within
the person you created me to be...
Set your seal upon my heart and live in me...
With the touch of your gentle hand:
seal my heart with your love,
seal my mind with your peace,
seal my soul with your grace;
and live in me, Lord:
make your home within me,
be the housemate of my soul
to guard and guide me on my way...
Summon out what I shall be.
Set your seal upon my heart and live in me...
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