Unworthy’s NOT STRONG ENOUGH

"Unworthy" seems not to be a strong enough word
To describe what I once was in the eyes of the LORD;
Condemned by the just law of the all-righteous God,
Just a man marred by sin, broken and flawed.

A worm in God's sight, an abominable thing,
Poor, wretched and blind with nothing to bring
That would satisfy God, pay the price for my sin —
No work would suffice my salvation to win.

But God, in His mercy and through His great love,
Sent His own precious Son from His home up above
To die on a Roman cross on a hill far away
That I, by His grace, would have my debt paid,

Paid by the precious blood of Jesus, my Lord,
Saved to the uttermost, to God's favour restored.
No, "unworthy's" not strong enough, though 'tis unworthy I am,
But thank God I'm made worthy by the blood of His Lamb.

a. franklin staples

May 16, 1995

This is another of those "songs in the night" the first stanza of which came "out of the blue" early this morning.

Copyright © 1995 by A. Franklin Staples