Karis
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The ministry does not include my name;
I have restrictions based on humility.
The emphasis I desire to maintain
has nothing to do with the person called "me."
Each time His Name is stated or read
is one more spark for His Name to be declared!
For each result to which my heart is lead,
I want to honor the Holy Spirit He has shared.
I did not write the Book, just had the right to read it.
No input of mine has surpassed its effect.
The privilege of access and the right to heed it
has so often changed my destiny's success.
Knowing He did not have to include me
. . . did not have to call me one of His own,
when I whine, a reminder on my knees
asks, "Who else has sacrificed His only Son?"
No one else is there with your every triumph or strife.
No one else is this loyal in spite of your history.
Further, no one else has died to grant you life,
then transcends to offer you eternal victory.
To no one else is such honored obligation,
in spite of my errors and daily defects.
Forgiveness is such unwarranted liberation.
I cannot take for granted the right to reset.
You are my Hope, Oh, God, and my Inspiration.
I surrender my thoughts and actions to Your control.
And each time I stray and lose my direction,
I repent to surrender the loyalty of my heart,
my hands, my mind,
my body,
and my soul.
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