This Pilgrim's Progress

Sometimes I think I never will be

But I know God says otherwise

He has promised he will get me there

But right now it just isn't so

But there's a point in this reality

That this fact is the very key

I always thought if I tried enough

Then the love I sought would be mine

But now I get it he's always there

Ready to pour out divine love

I'm really tired of working for it

I see what a fool I have been

I finally grasp that all my effort

Does naught but increase my sin

I've always known the words of this

But now its brilliant reality

Grows increasingly in my heart

He always wanted it for me

It's been I who kept us apart

It's so easy just to ask it

To pour out my little's child's needs

And rest together in trusting

He foreknows how my heart pleads

I'm getting it now how I can trust him

I count on his gifts to be true

I am finally learning to receive it

So that I can then share it with you

Stephen Pursell, 12/25/04