A Song of Love, for JESUS

My Lord was a man of sorrows
He paid in blood for my broken heart;
And bought for me safe passage--
A simple path, apart.


So what can I do, but follow him
And shine this little light?
If they hate me, well, they hated him too
(And the Master didn't fight.)


Oh, Lord of glory that the world disdains,
Who regards my splattering tears;
Oh bend me to your holy word~
Lend your kindness, here.


Lord Jesus, teach me how to live each day
As if it were the last,
To serve you in each little thing
'Til all the shadows pass~

That by thy grace to be found faithful,
This vain world to ever deny~
One day to fall before the King who bled
And live~ because my Master died.


This world that is bound to darkness 
Shall soon be swept away, like dust;
The word of God breaks forth forever~ with light and life: 

The love of Christ breaks my earthy husk.

(~sister Abby Elizabeth)