Lord, Keep Me Grateful

A Poem, By Joy Aletheia Stevens

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Lord, keep me grateful!

Keep my heart from being dissatisfied,

So that I can draw, so near, to Your side.

I know Your provision! You do not hide!

Lord, keep me grateful!

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Lord, keep me humble!

I know myself, I know my pride.

So keep me submitted before Your arms out wide,

And I know the acceptance that I will find.

Lord, keep me humble!

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Lord, You know my weakness!

That I try to stand up on my own

Instead of coming to Your throne.

Lord, I am only flesh and bone!

Lord, You know my weakness!

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Lord, teach me to confess!

Your truth, in my heart, is sown.

Help me to listen to Your every tone,

And know Your grace, Yours alone!

Lord, teach me to confess!

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Lord, teach me to see!

Help me to trust You and not my mind.

The truth is, without You, I am blind!

But You, My Lord, You are kind.

Lord teach me to see!

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Lord, set me free!

Free from the figment of independence,

That turns and preaches its own credence.

Oh Lord, treat me with Your forbearance!

And Lord, set me free!

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Lord, keep me grateful!

See each gift Your hands bestow,

As, my own will, I let go,

And so then, I may finally grow,

As Lord, You keep me grateful.

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But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.'” Jonah 2:9

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Joy Aletheia Stevens