This Time Around

In the moment
My heart so prone to wander
Never taking time to ponder
The cost of making these same mistakes
In the moment
I forget all You have spoken
How many times You’re heart I’ve broken
Blinding myself to what’s at stake

So this time through this trial
Burn these lessons in my heart
Don’t let me overlook
How prone I am to fall apart
So this time through this night
Engrave your love upon my soul
Don’t let me again neglect
The heavy burden of sin’s toll

This time around
Would you heal the wounds but leave these scars?
Reminders of how immense You are
And how frail my own humanity
As I am found
These blemishes now etched with shame
Make marks that bear witness to your name
And keep me from prideful vanity
This time around
Would you heal the hurt but leave me new?
Changes that prove this is of You
Too great to originate in me
As I am found
These deficiencies now stamped with earth
Make stains that bear witness to your worth
And keep me aware of my need
This time around
Would you heal my heart but leave me changed?
Completely restored but not the same
Now humbled by my frailty
As I am found
These shortcomings now tarnished by disgrace
Make mirrors that bear witness to your face
Show the limits of my own abilities
This time around

In the moments
When my mind starts to feel defeated
May I remember where You’re seated
And behold the work You’ve done in me
In the moments
When failure insists that I withdraw
May these memories give me pause
to reflect on the fight that set me free

Every time through these trials
You burn new lessons in my heart
Now longer can I overlook
How prone I am to fall apart
Each time through these nights
You engrave your love upon my soul
No longer can I neglect
The heavy burden of sin’s toll

Your grace abounds
You healed the wounds but left these scars
Reminders of how immense You are
And how weak my own humanity
Hear mercy’s sound
These blemishes once etched with shame
Now marks that bear witness to your name
And keep me from prideful vanity
Your grace abounds
You healed the hurt but left me new
Changes that prove this was of You
Too great to originate in me
Hear mercy’s sound
These deficiencies once stamped with earth
Now stains that bear witness to your worth
And keep me aware of my need
Your grace abounds
You healed my heart but left me changed
Completely restored but not the same
Now humbled by my frailty
Hear mercy’s sound
These shortcomings once tarnished by disgrace
Now mirrors that bear witness to your face
Show the limits of my own abilities
Your grace abounds

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