Take My Hand

Take my hand,
lead me as one blinded
by their own ignorance,
rebuke my evil ways,
teach me Your discipline,
show me Your truth,
place Your laws within my heart,
let me follow Your example,
help me to survive the suffering;

make me understand
what love really is.

“Greater love has no one than this,
that he lay his life down
for his friends.” John 15:13

I am so lost,
in a world
blinded by
its own darkness,
surrounded by the need
for retaliation and revenge,
judging by man-made rules
and traditions,
where might makes right
and only the strong survive,
killing in the name
of righteousness,
leveling the playing field,
settling the score;

lead me from this place,
forgive the weakness
and corruption,
restore the innocence
forever gone,
shine Your light upon me,
fill me with Your Spirit,
make me holy and clean;

make me a son
of the living God.
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