I don't know, Lord
(nor can I imagine)
how many are the times you've forgiven me:
there've been so many times,
how many are the times you've forgiven me:
there've been so many times,
so many more than I can count...
You forgive the big wrongs I've done
and the small things, too;
and you forgive me all the times
and the small things, too;
and you forgive me all the times
(way too many times!)
when I've actually believed
I've done nothing for you to forgive...
when I've actually believed
I've done nothing for you to forgive...
Your mercy and your pardon, Lord,
are deeper, broader and greater
than all my sins combined;
you're always ready, poised and waiting
are deeper, broader and greater
than all my sins combined;
you're always ready, poised and waiting
to bathe me in your mercy
and cleanse me of my faults...
Sometimes, Lord,
my weaknesses conspire
and catch me in a trap of my own making,
leading me away from you
down foolish, dead-end roads
and catch me in a trap of my own making,
leading me away from you
down foolish, dead-end roads
- but even there you meet me
waiting to direct me
‘til I find my way again,
‘til I find your way
and claim it for my own...
‘til I find your way
and claim it for my own...
Before I ever lose my way
you've made a map to guide me, Lord,
to you and to your path...
And long before I fail, Lord,
you've stored up mercy - just for me -
to pardon all my sins...
In an instant,
at my prayer's request,
you overlook my folly and give me grace
you overlook my folly and give me grace
to change my mind,
to change my heart,
to change my ways,
to change me from the inside out
and become again the person
you created me to be...
to change my heart,
to change my ways,
to change me from the inside out
and become again the person
you created me to be...
Show me your mercy, Lord:
show me when and where
show me when and where
and just how much I need it;
let me never miss your grace
or take it all for granted...
Open my heart to yours, Lord,
and to all the ways your mercy
gives my life new faith, new hope...
And, Lord,
help me show my neighbor
the mercy you've shown me...
Amen.
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