Take My Hand

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.   Matthew 5:43-48

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 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,

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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