J.M.J.
J.M.J.
HEART TO HEART
HOW MANY TIMES, JESUS, HAVE YOU HEARD ME SAY,
“PLEASE HELP ME AND ALL THOSE FOR WHOM I NOW PRAY?”
I HAVE ASKED YOU FOR MIRACLES AND FOR MANY A CURE
BUT NEGLECTED TO ASK YOU TO MAKE MY HEART PURE.
HOW OFTEN, DEAR LORD, I TO YOU DID COMPLAIN
PRESENTING MY BURDENS AND FORGETTING YOUR PAIN?
AND WHEN YOU, DEAR LORD, COME AND LIFT UP MY SORROW,
I FORGET ALL YOU’VE DONE FOR ME BY TOMORROW.
YOU HAVE GIVEN ME MORE, LORD, THAN I EVER WILL KNOW;
YET WHAT IN THANKSGIVING FOR THESE GIFTS I DID SHOW?
WHAT HAVE I, DEAR LORD, DONE FOR YOU IN RETURN
BUT CONTINUE TO ASK FOR WHAT I DID NOT EARN?
WHAT HAVE I DONE, LORD, THAT WAS JUST FOR YOU?
I CANNOT REMEMBER, BUT I HOPE THAT YOU DO.
AS ON YOUR MERCY I NOW CONTEMPLATE,
I GIVE YOU MY HEART, LORD, AND I HOPE NOT TOO LATE.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
5-7-1998.