Feast of Praise

Why do you care for us?

Why all the tenderness

Right here . . . Right now?

Dear Father, Spirit, Son

It can't be what we've done for you

that draws us to saying 

Let us serve you a Feast of Praise

A table piled high with our kept promises 

Filling your chalice with love

and waiting on you waiting on you

Right here.  Right now.

What wisdom on your part!

your way to win our hearts

Right here . . . Right now.

Your kindness brings us to

Repent in grief before you

A grief that brings us to saying 

Chorus

Your kindness calls us to repent

Your patience leads us to relent

And lay our sins before you so you may destroy them

Even though our righteousness

Is foul and frail and it alone cannot prevail

Ah! Your perfect sacrifice will purify us.

Your work in us unfolds

You search and clean our souls

Right here . . . Right now.

We'll learn to hate our sin

May we never fall that far again

We'll turn to you even then saying 

Chorus

Romans 2:4  . . . "God's kindness leads you toward repentance . . . "

c 2005  Linda Gray