TIME AFTER TIME

Time after time, without number,
Have I said, "without fail, I will serve";
Then lapsed into spiritual slumber,
Or suddenly lost all my nerve!

Or, maybe, some small worldly pleasure
Shuts His glory away from my view,
And instead of blessings beyond measure,
There are tears of remorse, quite a few.

And yet, though I constantly falter,
And it seems hopeless, sometimes to go on,
When I kneel before Him at the altar,
He forgives me through Jesus, His Son!

Time after time He's forgiven,
When I've confessed all my failures and sin;
And my Lord seems to reach down from heaven,
And give me strength to try once again.

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