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The world tried to wear me down, Lord,

But each time You were there.

You sent me calm and extra grace,

And kept me from despair.

 

I try to do the same as You

As I move through each day,

Offering Your peace and patience

To those met on my way.

 

But I am not as good as You,

At kindness and mercy.

I seem to have a shorter fuse

Than really ought to be.

 

Thus, my prayer, Lord, with every dawn

Is “remind me again

How much forgiveness I still need

To walk within Your plan.”

 

“Then help me show that same patience,

Forgiving as I go,

That there will be no doubt I’m Yours,

And even I will know.”

 

Colossians 3:12-13

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.