Lord, Please forgive my sin and inequity

Here is a poem of penitence and hope, woven with the threads of scripture.

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A Penitent's Plea

Lord, forgive me for my sin, This heavy weight I hold within. This crooked path my feet have trod, Have mercy,oh my God.

My heart, a well of troubled thought, With battles fought and lessons bought. I come to You,for You have said, (In1 John 1:9), my soul is led: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just And will forgive our sins, and cleanse from all unrighteousness.”

Forgive my iniquity, that ancient stain, The prideful urge to seize the reign. A broken spirit,my only plea, For thus You have required of me. A sacrifice You won’t despise, (As written inPsalm 51:17), You see the tears that fill my eyes: “My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.”

Create in me a new, clean heart, A fresh and righteous place to start. Restore the joy I knew before, And grant Your grace forevermore. As once You promised through the prophet’s word, (A vow inEzekiel 36:26 heard): “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”

Let not my past define my soul, But let Your mercy make me whole. For there is now no condemnation, Through Christ,my hope and sure foundation. This truth inRomans 8:1 stands secure, A promise ever strong and pure: “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”

So I arise, by grace set free, To walk the path You have for me. Not by my strength,but by Your hand, To in Your holy presence stand. My sin,though red, is white as snow, For this,Isaiah 1:18 tells me so: “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”

Amen.