When I arise, there You are
Always listening, ever present
When I cry out to You, You are near
As I seek You, I find You
My sweet Jesus
Always forgiving, always looking for the good
No matter how many times I fail You, You seem to forget
You never bring them up again even though the enemy does
If I ask You about them,
You show me there is no such thing written in Your book
Washed clean, white as snow
No matter how many times I fail You, You always forgive
70×7
Move along, You instruct, keep following, bearing your cross
Nothing can separate me from Your love,
not even my mistakes when they are laid at Your altar
Your mercies are always new
You wish for me to follow Your example
And forgive others’ misgivings
Close behind I follow, though not as quick, not as merciful, not as loving
Remembering Your grace, the grace that You have given me
The love that You have demonstrated, let me also share with others
and be as kind as I can allow in this wretched fleshly mind and body
I desire to be Holy and righteous in your sight, set apart for You,
proclaiming Your word and Your goodness
to bless others with Your presence, trying to stay out of the way,
to show others how good and awesome and beautiful You are, Lord Jesus Hoping to spark within them a desire to follow You
Somehow let Your life shine in me that they might desire You
Keep me pure when I am proclaiming Your word,
while I am telling of Your wondrous works
and how You have reached out to them
Let them not be distracted by my flaws
Stir up the truth that is within them
so the seeds that have been sown can bear fruit
Show them the next step they need to take towards You
Let them not focus on me, but on You, my Savior and King
Scriptural References:
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions,
and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto Me; for I have redeemed thee.
Isaiah 44:22
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David,
when Nathan the prophet came unto him,
after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies
blot out my transgressions.
Psalm 51:1
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him,
Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin;
The Lord is with you, while ye be with Him; and if ye seek Him,
He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you.
2 Chronicles 15:2
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven,
Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God,
and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Revelation 12:10
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord:
though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;
though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isaiah 1:18
Then came Peter to him, and said,
Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?
till seven times?
Jesus saith unto him,
I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
Matthew 18:21-22
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine,
or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Romans 8:35