Dawn & Dusk

I have worked myself
Down to the bone
Lived my life
Doing as I was told

I tried to keep the standards
To be a good Christian
I wrote down every command
From the things I listened

I tried to fit
Other people’s expectations
Mould myself
Into their fittings

The effort
Left me a wreck
Stole the life from my bones
And made me retch

But all my efforts
Brought me no friends
There was no one there
At hope’s very end

So I gave up the pretence
Flung off the mask
And cried out to Jesus
From the bottom of my heart

I said I needed help
That I couldn’t do this alone
That I needed a Saviour
If I was to carry on

He reached down
Cleansed me from my sin
Accepted me as I am
And came to live within