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FORGIVE

by Teresa Altman  
7/17/2007 / Poetry


As silence fell upon the night
My heart again did stir.
Petitions made on bended knee
Return to me unheard.

O Gracious Lord, Why do I find
Your absence once again?
The chambers of my grieving heart,
Hold emptiness within.

I cannot bear another night
Your grace, from me withheld.
Pleas rising from my broken heart,
From anguish are compelled.

His softly spoken words I heard.
My sobs, with them entwined.
At last, my Lord does speak to me
With lessons well defined.

I sent my son to wear your shame
And on a cross he died.
Tho turned away, I heard his plea,
FORGIVE THEM was his cry.

A gift, not earned, I gave to you,
Your sins tossed in abyss.
Now with a speck that stains anew,
Your pleas are asked amiss.

A sin you hide without success.
All things are known to me.
Mercy flows not from your heart
For one that hinders thee.

My presence here within your grasp,
I wish, with you, to live.
My mercy waits to cleanse your heart
But first, YOU must forgive.

Teresa Altman, http://www.faithwriters.com/websites/my_website.php?id=28787 , an engineer for 25 years, answered God's call to write in 2007. A mother of two and grandmother of six, she lives in Northwest Tennessee.

@2007 by Teresa Altman

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