Marie M Mitchell January 9, 1922 - 2006

A poem by Marie

HERE I AM, LORD

HERE I AM, LORD, KNOCKING AT
YOUR DOOR
YOU ARE THE GREATEST PHYSICIAN
YOU ARE THE HOLIEST OF SHEPARDS

I AM YOUR LOST LAMB
LOST IN THE WILDERNESS OF
HOSPITALS, DOCTORS AND
MEDICINES

BUT, I KNOW YOUR EYES ARE
UPON ME

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BECAUSE HE LOVES ME

MY LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST
ON THE CROSS AT CALVARY
YOU SACRIFICED YOUR LIFE FOR ME
BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME

I SCOURGED YOU AT THE PILLAR
AND CROWNED YOUR HEAD WITH THORNS
I SPAT UPON YOUR SACRED FACE
AND BLASPHEMED YOUR HOLY NAME

I THRUST MY CROSS UPON YOUR BACK
YOU FELL UNDER IT'S WEIGHTED LOAD
BUT, YOU CARRIED IT UP HILL
OUT OF LOVE FOR ME

IT WAS I , WHO DROVR THE BLUNTED NAILS
THAT TORE YOUR FLESH APART
AND DREW YOUR PRECIOUS BLOOD
AS IT TRICKLED DOWN THE CROSS

WITH YOUR BLOOD, YOU WASHED MY SOUL
AND SAVED ME FROM THE FIERY DEPTHS OF HELL
YOU MADE ME HEIR TO YOUR HEAVENLY HOME
ALL, BECAUSE OF LOVE FOR ME

MY LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST
I WILL MY SOUL TO THEE
KEEP ME EVER IN YOUR PALMS
VERY CLOSE TO YOU

Marie M Mitchell

posted by Remembering Marie M Mitchell