Here I Am

HERE I AM LORD!
TELL ME WHAT TO DO!
HOW CAN I MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND?
PLEASE SHOW ME!
PLEASE LEAD ME!
HOLY FATHER,
WILL YOU TAKE  MY HAND?
IF THEY DON'T REPENT,
THEIR LIFE WILL BE IN UTTER DOOM!
FORGIVE THEM LORD,
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!
OPEN THEIR EYES TO SEE!
OPEN THEIR EARS TO HEAR!
DON'T LET THEM ENTER INTO THE WRONG GATE!
I KNOW HOW YOU MUST HAVE FELT,
LOVING SOMEONE SO MUCH,
JUST TO WATCH THEM PERSECUTE YOU IN RETURN!
OH MY LORD!
PLEASE HAVE MERCY UPON ME!
THAT WAS SUCH A DIFFICULT LESSON I HAD TO LEARN!
FORGIVE THEM FATHER!
THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO!
I MUST LOVE THEM!
I MUST GO ON!
YOU WALKED THIS EARTH!
YOU WERE PERSECUTED TOO!
YOU ARE WITH ME,
THEREFORE, I MUST BE STRONG!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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