Only One

 

 

Suppose those things you’d like to see changed
All depended on you.
Would you be willing to meet the task
Doing all that you could do?
We need only to open our eyes to see
A world full of trouble and cares.
Would any needs at all be met
If it depended on only our prayers?
How often we say, "I’ll pray for you",
And merrily on we go,
Never giving a thought to the need again
And the one who’s hurting so.
Lord, forgive us of our complacency
When we’re neither hot nor cold -
For our selfishness and passivity
In the security of your fold.
How your heart must truly grieve
To see us wander away.
So much from your hand we receive
As we look to you each day.
Blessings too many to number
You’ve bestowed upon our souls-
Awaken us, we pray, from slumber
To work within the fold.
"To whom much is given, much is required" -
May the needs not be left to our brother;
But help us reach out as we’re inspired
To meet the needs of another,
And work heartily until the task is done,
As though it depended on Only One.

 

 

"And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily,
as to the Lord, and not unto men"
(Col. 3:23)

 

Connie - June, 1996

 

 

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