ëTil you forgive me

What I need most and what I have least of

Is for the pain to cease I must need a priest

All those heavenly hosts could see me released

And break forth in song for the victory he gives me

And it comes when Jesus forgives me.

For when I stand wicked and when I stand lost

When I stand guilty and can't pay the cost

Though my heart cries out and I'm tempest tossed

But you, you are my Lord

And it is through your righteousness I am restored

My only hope and my only plea

Is for Jesus, Jesus please forgive me.

It's against you and you alone

That I have sinned and I have shown

My cannot stand spotless before the throne

Till you forgive me

For once I'm forgiven then I am restored

To come boldly before the throne of the Lord

To enter in and to fall down before Him

Fall down before Him.

See what I'm carrying in and I could just die

I cannot stand and I don't wonder why

But dying wonít fix the fix I'm in

Till I bow down before Him

I can fall further and I can fall faster

When I seek my flesh I am courting disaster

But when I repent and I serve my master

And I follow my Lord-I'll be restored

For he is the gift and he is the grace'

He is the way that I stand in this place

And life without Him is such a sad waste

One thing I know if you're taking bets

Some things I'll remember and I won't forget.

In this grace that I've known I am not alone

And he'll welcome me home yes he'll welcome me home

I've hurt my friends and I've hurt my wife

And I've hurt everyone I could hurt in this life

Cause I've had and have given more than a taste

I surely don't want it to be a waste

So I bow down before Him

Anthony Foster

April 22, 2005

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