A Thousand Miles Left to Go

I have stolen, Lord, let me give
I have left Your house a
fugitive
I have wandered in my own way
Squandered everything You gave
But my dying heart You saved and let me live

I have cursed the
air and clenched my fists
I have hungered for Your righteousness
I have
tried to walk the line
I drew between Your heart and mine
But You
forgive me every time the mark is missed

So take my broken
offering and make it whole
And set my feet upon the road that leads me home
Let me walk as one fixed upon the goal
Even though I've got a thousand
miles to go

I have sought Your grace in my defense
I have
plundered Your magnificence
Until my journey is complete
I pray the Lord
my soul to keep
That I might sow what I have reaped
From Your great love

As I struggle for Your hand
You use me in ways I can't
understand
You take this sinful man and renew me
Working through
me

This is a great song by Caedmon's Call. I heard it this morning as I was getting ready for church and was reminded of it again this evening during my QT. It was very appropriate. I was praying about all the things going on in my life, and all that I need, and all I would like the Lord to do for me and make happen. I began to realize that my prayer was full of me, myself, and I. This happens often where I end my prayer asking for forgiveness for not giving of myself enough... my offering is never all it should be. But PRAISE GOD that He doesn't need what I give Him. He uses my broken offering; He molds me and directs my steps, and keeps me on the path toward Him despite my inadequacies. This is the God I love and serve, the God who desires fellowship with me, loves me, and uses me, despite me never giving of myself enough - I never will be able to. Because what God has done for us is too great for anything I do to ever be enough. That's Grace. That's God's unfailing love. And as the last verse says, as I struggle for His hand, He uses me in ways I can't understand, He takes this sinful girl and renews me, working through me.

Amen to that!

And for a little visual stimulation, check out the sunset from my front porch: