Because He Promised So...

God hears those prayers we bleed to thought

But cannot shape in speech

He keeps vigil where demons plot

To lure us from His peace

Love, with a heart of tenderness

Will never let us go

Not because we deserve it

But because He promised so

He forgives, erasing in full

The stain of grievous sin

His grace sufficient for us all

As we cry out to Him

And He does not condemn us

Or forsake us here below

Not because we deserve it

But because He promised so

He fills the fields with flowers

And the morning with His light

His right hand never wavers

Though we doubt His power and might

He persuades with kind purpose

And delivers us from woe

Not because we deserve it

But because He promised so

How often we are troubled

By the wearying of want

Inclined to turn our eyes to where

Vile lesser gods may flaunt

But God, so rich in mercy

Abides still; this truth we know

Not because we deserve it

But because He promised so

© Janet Martin