Living by your Name

Early in the Morning a At the dawning of the light

As the dewdrops just are forming Lord your holy word breaks on my sight.

In the stillness of the twilight in the quietness of my soul

Lord you stoke the fires and they burn bright For Iíve reached my daily goal.

To walk within your presence and to stand before you clean

At days end just as when it begins-Then Iíll know what this day really means

That to stand within your presence, Holy , without blame

And I live beneath my privilege if Iím not living by your name

When my days on earth are over and I stand before your throne

I pray the Lord wonít have to uncover sins I have not even known

So as I bow within my closet in this quiet holy time

Purify my heart so I wonít forget this day is not even mine.

Iíll walk within your presence andÝ stand before you clean

At days end just as when it begins-Then Iíll know what this day really means

That to stand within your presence, Holy , without blame

And I live beneath my privilege if Iím not living by your name

Anthony Foster

August 24, 2005