A
Prayer for America
“I
exhort, therefore, first of all, make without delay, supplications,
prayers, intercessions,
thanksgivings for all men, for Kings and
all those in authority.” 1 Timothy 2:1-2
God
forgive America,
Homeland
of my birth,
And
revive her flagging soul
To
receive Thy grace!
Once
the land of freedom, bound
To
Thy laws of faith,
Now,
look on her sinful heart;
Cover
not Thy face!
Driven
now by wickedness,
Forging
forth to hell,
Once
she bore Your Word abroad
And
that sword was fell!
Standing
’stride the raging path
Of
despots from hell,
Now,
blood fifty million strong
Bathes
her soul in hell!
What
moral imperative
Has,
since, ferried her
O’er
the judgment of Thy wrath
from
erring to err?
Thinking
herself good as God,
Guidance
her has failed,
For
she listens not to Thee,
But
to errors hailed!
Turn
her, Lord God, back to Thee,
Covered
by Thy grace!
Riven
on the cross for thee,
Look
upon the face
Of
the Lord God Jesus Christ,
Love
upon His face,
And
turn from your wickedness
By
amazing grace!
Singing
hymns you don’t believe,
Crocodilian
tears
Skitter
down your witheredness,
Shielding
you from tears
Flowing
from the victim hearts
Of
your raging sin!
Turn,
you, now to Jesus Christ,
Who
beckons you in!
©2014
William F. Maddock
http://tinyurl.com/billseymuse and
http://tinyurl.com/billsey777
