Most of the times, I have for you a new poem for our poetry Sunday; but today I am choosing from my archives of poems. Back in 2010 I published a book titled a Broken and Contrite Heart. I ended the final chapter of that book with this poem that I wrote in 2010. I hope you recognize the truth of God’s Gracious Love and the relationship we have with Him. He is our anchor and our hope. When Satan tries to tell us we aren’t good enough and we will only fail, we can boldly say, “I know that; but, Christ died for me, paid my price and in Him, I have victory over all the evil you want to throw at me.”
The Grace in Which I Stand
Oh feeble heart, Oh fragile soul
Where is the hope on which you hold
With all the failures of your past
Where is the faith to make you bold
Where is the faith to make you bold
There was a King though blameless He
That came to pay my penalty
And in that act He set me free
To follow Him in liberty
To follow Him in liberty
It is His love that drew me out
And in His Grace I shall not doubt
That He who started this work in me
Will finish it with a Glorious Shout
Will finish it with a Glorious Shout
One day the finished work be done
That I might look then like God’s son
Sifted, shined just like pure Gold
As Glory shines forth, Glorious One
As Glory shines forth, Glorious One
And in this hope my faith conformed
I know my life will be transformed
I stand upon this future grace
So for His work my passion warmed
So for His work my passion warmed
So in this faith I firmly stand
That formed in me as God had planned
No force on earth can shake me free
My future held by God’s great hand
My future held by God’s great hand.
© 2014 Effie Darlene Barba
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