I Am a Christian
I often shrink back and lose my faith,
God’s love with abandon I crave and chase,
I have moved mountains with just a glimmer of hope,
I have enslaved nations and to children sold dope,
I am the salt of the earth and a scourge of mankind,
I strive with all that I am to dwell in Christ’s mind,
I am caught up in fear and many of its lies,
I intercede against the enemy so that all might rise,
I reflect Christ perfectly and defame his name,
I have the courage of David and bare Judas’ shame,
I have betrayed and been loyal,
I am Battered and bruised, triumphant and royal,
I have victimized others and acted in malice,
With many afflicted I have shared his love’s chalice,
I am divine and depraved,
I am soiled and saved,
I am a Christian, caught up in hypocrisy’s web,
And many to the light of love I have led,
I am a Christian and when my fullness is revealed,
You will see the lame walk, and the afflicted healed,
I am a Christian and though I don’t look it now,
One day you will see me and your heart will scream loud,
That you have seen God incarnate in all of her glory,
That you have seen a solution to this life’s worry,
That you have seen the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost too,
I am a Christian, I love Jesus, and so can you,
And together we will fall and together rise high,
To embrace our blessed savior in the cosmic sky.
|