Thus, Beneath Your Mercy, Lord

 We looked out to see this while we were eating supper...(no, it's not tomorrow:) The timer in my camera is 'off'.

We bear beneath Your mercy, Lord

Life’s triumph and its woe

Gleaning sweet comfort through Your word

As by Your grace we go

Each faltering and fumbling step

Would be our hopeless shame

But You forgive Lord, then forget

Teach us to do the same

The filament of mortal skin

Does not reveal the whole

Lord, you behold what lies within

Of thought and heart and soul

…and yet Your promises remain

You gather our guilt

And wash away its wretched stain

Where once Your blood was spilt

Once and for all You paid our debt

Removing every trace

We are vile creatures Lord, and yet

You save us by Your grace

…and thus beneath Your mercy, Lord

We bear life’s humble due

Teach us, as we look to Your word

How to be more like You

© Janet Martin