O Lord, I do repent.

Yesterday, as I was waiting for an eye doctor's appointment, I was looking through a hymnal that I had grabbed from the car. I found this one especially convicting and wanted to share it…

 

Because I knew not when my life was good,

And when there was a light upon my path,

But turned my soul perversely to the dark,

O Lord, I do repent.

 

Because I held upon my selfish road,

And left my brother wounded by the way,

And called ambition duty, and pressed on,

O Lord, I do repent.

 

Because I spent the strength Thou gavest me

In struggle which Thou never didst ordain

And have imperfect life to offer Thee,

O Lord, I do repent.

 

Because I was impatient, would not wait,

And thrust my willful hand across Thy threads,

And marred the pattern drawn out for my life,

O Lord, I do repent.

 

Amen.

 

By Sarah Williams, 1868.

 

Guilty especially of verses 2, 3, and 4…and I'm thankful for God's grace…