I have sin and fall short of your Glory.

 Amen. That humble confession is the very doorway to grace. It is the truth that opens us to the greater truth of redemption. Here is a response, holding both the reality of our condition and the wonder of God's remedy.

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But Now

I have sinned and fall short of Your glory—

This is the truth,the bare, the plain.

No pretense stands,no righteous story,

Just the stain,and yet again the stain.

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”(Romans 3:23)

This is where I must begin,

With the knowing,with the ache within.

Not to hide,but to confess and see

The depth of my need for Thee.

But now—oh, the glory of but now—

A righteousness is given,I know not how!

Not from me,but a gift, free and clear,

Through redemption in Christ,who drew near.

“And all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”(Romans 3:24)

So I bring You my falling short,

My every failing of every sort.

And You give me Yourstanding tall,

Your mercy covering my all.

I am a sinner, saved by grace.

I see the glory of Your face,

Not because I reached it,but because

You covered all my flaws.

Thank You for meeting me here,

In the confession,in the fear,

And lifting me to a place so grand,

Held by a nail-scarred hand.

Amen.