Can It Be

Can it be, Lord?

Can it be I really am whom you I thought you said?

Can it be you have honored me in this way?

Can it be you have burdened me this way?

Oh but how I have prayed for it

Oh to be given these men to love

These precious souls you died for

Can it be Lord you'll use me as I hoped?

To be a beacon of hope

An example of faith in you

To call your due glory to you

To promote the excellence of your name

It's up to you, Lord

Or is it up to me?

It's your life to live through me

I just hope I am not fighting you

You know how I have longed to reach them

To see them be touched by your grace

To serve as your vessel of mercy

To tell them your promises of Life

Melt their hearts, Lord

Go before me and prepare the way

Open their ears

Speak through me

Words of Life, Abba

Words of Mercy, words of Grace

Save them, Lord, with or without me

Wrap them up

Enfold them in your love

Cradle them in your mercies and kindness

Can it be, Lord, that the hour has come?

Stephen Pursell, 11/18/02