Oh Light Divine

Oh Light Divine
How gentle Thou art
How kind
How full of mercy

I am not like Thee
Fearful
Spiteful
Angry at life
A vengeful spirit

So often
I would have given myself up for lost
Cast myself in despair
Over the yawning brink of darkness

You were always there
Gentle
Not forcing
Calling me back
Lowering the platinum thread
Of salvation

I do not understand why you love me so
Why you keep on
Believing in me
Quietly cheering me on

I stand before Thee
Blinking in unbelief
Not comprehending, yet
Hoping
Wanting to trust
In the living transparent brightness
Of a love
Offered without condition
Without measure
Pressed down and running over