With Fragile Soul
by J. Randal Matheny © 2012 • http://randal.us
With fragile soul, let me not flee
To facile fixes, from troubles free,
To easy answers, in search of peace,
That frantic quest for quick release.
All pain and suffering may I feel,
At wrong and ruin, let me reel,
The weight of sin, the shame of strife,
The love of self, the lonely life.
Let Satan's fever wrack my soul,
The bald pretense my bitter bowl,
Man's vile abasement my sweat of blood,
My sorrowful cup, the abusing flood.
Compassion, Lord, from heaven to me,
In the midst of fullest agony,
The world's worst crimes are mine to bear,
I do not ask to save or spare.
Let love be strong, and truth be clear,
Transgressors tremble, the righteous fear,
Let the power of sin not be denied:
The Christ between two sinners died.
Shall we attribute this to UPLift or Cloudburst? You choose.
