He carried my sins far from me,
So why do I still call them mine?
You’d think I’d leave them in my past,
Not let them age like some fine wine.
To remind me of all my flaws,
The many times I willingly
Turned my back on His love and laws.
With strength and wisdom I will need
To stay on path and follow Him.
What I need most is to pay heed.
Yet it becomes breathtaking when
I found all my sins died with Him,
And, unlike Him, they’ll stay dead sin.
I need to stop holding to them
And turn my heart, my mind, and soul
To forever hold on to Him.
So why do I still call them mine?
I will surrender them to Him
And claim instead His grace divine.
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they
keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is
blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.