A Prayer

If others become very wicked Then help me be righteous for You If others are full of deception Then help me to speak what is true If others turn desperate and hopeless Then help me to tell of Your love If others may judge me, please make me As innocent, Yah, as a dove Please help me, if cruel ones use cunning As wise as a serpent to be If others are shackled in bondage May I, in Your strength, set them free! If others are drowning in chaos Please let me send forth, Yah, Your peace If others are fearful and storm-tossed May somehow I help worries cease If others are lost with no shepherd With You, may I show them the way If someone sees only the darkness Then help me to show them the day If others are scared of the battle Please help me to stand and be brave If others are bound for destruction Through me may you seek them and save! If others start crushing the needy Those innocent, poor, and distressed Then help me to strengthen the fallen May somehow I help them be blessed If others keep hating, please help me No matter what comes, to forgive If others want purpose and meaning Please help me declare why I live If others love sinning and cruelty Then help me with courage to fight And if there must be such deep darkness Then help me, I pray, be Your light!