Creative expressions (9-20)

Lord, You are good and all-loving
But Your ways confound me.
You desire that all would know You
You hold their fates in Your hands
You shape the world to Your will
Yet still there remain those who reject You.
You command us to submit to Your will
"Your will be done," we say

I am not wise
I am not courageous
I am not without sin or fault
But the Holy Spirit dwells within me.
He fills me with love.
I am angry where there is sin
I am joyful where there is repentance
And I am anguished where there is the unsaved.

I am powerless to help them!
Who but You can turn their hearts?
Who but You can make the foolish wise?
You who provides us with all our earthly needs,
Who but You can provide the needs of the spirit?
We are lost without you
We are helpless.

You are without flaw or contradiction, O Lord!
What are Your greatest commandments?
We are to love You
We are to love man.
What greater act of love is there than to rejoice in the Lord?
What greater joy is there than a life newly born to Christ?

That is Your will, O Lord.
I say, let Your will be done!
Let it be done with haste!