Dear Lord,
Unto you does my spirit yearn to turn today.
Though robed in flesh in life and steeped in sorrow,
My light knows whence it comes.
I close my eyes too soon, too quickly I surrender
To temptation's tug and sin's sweet illusion.
That more bitter than vinegar proves to be.
My tongue lashes at those I love
When your praise I should be singing.
My hands do evil when they should be working
In your vast untended grapevine.
Yes the harvest is great and the laborers few,
Yet I have doubted my ability to serve you.
The judgment of others I have considered more
Than I have revered your commandment, Lord.
Let not my Faith wither, cast me not into the fire,
Though I know how unworthy I am and have been.
Please fill me with the sap of gladness, revive
My soul to serve you as at the beginning,
In the tenderness of youth when I felt so low
And you taught me how to love and loved me.
Wanting to serve all, I hurt so many.
Oh don't let me fall from your Grace.
Deliver me from the hand of the enemy.
Let me, like your servants yesterday,
Defend the downtrodden, the poor, your people.
What use is life if not to worship You and serve
In bringing Your kingdom to this world?
In the name of Jesus, help us, Lord.
