There But For the Grace of God

There is none righteous there is none holy

There is none who seeks for God solely

We are born sinners lost in transgression

All our iniquities call us to confession

I see it everywhere I go, folks lost in fantasy

Pursuing ease and comfort and thinking they are free

While all the time they’re dead in sin with no hope in sight

Pleased to wander in the dark and running from the light

There but for the grace of God go I

There but for the grace of God go I

Nobody’s perfect, we all need a Savior

We all feel sin’s effect, in need of God’s favor

Made in God’s image, that image is broken

There’s but a vestige, but there’s a word He has spoken

The lost and the lonely, the damaged and undone

Come to the Father , you fallen forsaken son, 

There but for the grace of God go I

There but for the grace of God go I

Bridge

Wondering  who will bleed for the callous and corrupt

We all have the same need, we are ruined and bankrupt

There but for the grace of God go I

There but for the grace of God go I

Self pity and self pride, and selfish ambition

The self cannot be denied, that’s our condition 

Self righteousness rules men and self pity assails

Self love yields a bitter end,  And self sufficiency fails

There but for the grace of God go I

There but for the grace of God go I

There but for the grace of God go I

From William Bradford quote

August 28 2023

Anthony Foster