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Until I know

The folks about me
need to know him -
seek for peace
and cannot find it,
long for joy
but it eludes them,
think of love...
it comes and goes
but doesn’t stay
to give them strength
and consolation.

I’ve found in him
my love,
my joy,
my peace.

Then why do I
who know deny
my greatest prize,
their greatest need?

Until I know
that I am weak,
I will not know
that he is strong.

Forgive me, Lord!
Teach me
to rely on you,
on you alone,
to depend
on your strength
and grace.


© Peter J Blackburn 2001
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