a thousand times

i've failed.
still Your mercy remains
and should i stumble again
still i'm caught in Your grace

God, i'm trying
please believe me, i am

lift me up Lord,
let me no longer walk amongst the world
trampling underfoot Your gift of grace

no temptation has seized you except what is common to man. and God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. but when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you may stand up from under it.
1 corinthians 10:13 (from memory)

You promised.
it's in Your word,
and all scripture is God breathed.
i wrote it in my heart
i called upon it in my time of weakness
why then, did the devil not relent
why was i the one to yield?

Lord, let me feel Your sweet breath as You tickle my ear with Your whispered promises in my darkness

and once again, i proclaim
never again.