Sooted Face -
Soiled
countenance
My efforts ever
wanting
I lack in the trying
Yet continue
while faltering
Others falter as
I stumble
Magnifying my
guilt
Desire is not
sufficient
To overcome nor
correct
For in one crying
instant
I confess and
recognize
Yet, in the next
moment
My faltering
again overrides
Where does the
cycle end
How can the loss
be found
How can the
feelings mend
How can I
overcome
Only Christ’s power
And perfect
understanding
Can lift the load
and heal
Wherever hurt
needs mending
Oh, needed mercy
sweet
I fall at thy
pierced feet
Tearful sorrow
unmasked
Undeserved
healing
Countless times
the pleading
Will I ever rise
As I return for
mercies
My sooted face
undignified
Failing words
cannot describe
Charity’s warm
embrace
As dust and error
are erased
In rebirth’s
sacred place
Calmest feelings
linger
Lifting faith to
carry on
Hope’s
restoration
Love’s window
into Heaven
And I behold His
face
November 18, 2002
By Janice Harten
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