Your mercies ever great,
Such bountiful forgiveness.
No matter what the sin,
I know Your love removes it.
Your patient love eternal,
Seeks me whene’er I roam.
Returns me to the straight path,
Sweet blessings there are found.
Your promises so pure,
So full of hope for all,
Prompt me to live for Thee,
A servant to your call.
“ . . . for the LORD upholds him with His hand.”
—Ps. 37:24b (NKJV)
This poem was written when a good friend was diagnosed with cancer; we needed God to heal her: