Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:32:34 -0800WeeblySun, 27 Sep 2015 04:03:22 GMThttps://www.dckreider.com/the-body/the-bodyI have but one heart I can give
I have but one mind to attend
I have but one life I can live
I have but one soul to ascend

With these things I feel and think
I’m broken for a world in despair
And as it draws closer to the perilous brink
I wonder what I can really do here

It seems patronizing, the way I was made
Longing to do more than I can do
It seems almost hopeless to fight this evil displayed
Or bring out the good in a world so skewed

So why then did God give me two of these eyes
That see all the suffering, with only one heart to break?
And why have two ears that hear endless cries
Yet only one soul for whose decision I make?

And why have two hands, so willing to help mend despair
But have one limited mind to control their action?
And why have two feet, willing to go anywhere
Yet only one life to carry this passion?

So why just one, not two, three, or more?
Then I’d have the power to redeem this fallen place
But only you have that power, my omnipotent Lord
And you choose to use me, and my fallen race

You want me to see that alone I will fail
You want me to depend on the power you give
And the body you gave me, is not just this one limited shell
It’s the hands and the feet of all you forgive


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