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I am without hope Until I look upon the One The holy One, my God Who sent His only Son I've been here before Time and time again Same old story Same familiar place I'm so frighteningly far from perfect I want to hide my face But through the open door Blinding me again Light so holy Promises your grace When I feel like I'm helplessly shipwrecked I long to see your face I am without hope But then I look upon the One The loving One, my God Through whom all can be undone I feel so weak now I feel controlled by sin I can't do this I am my own slave My dark desires keep me where I am My heart's a dark, black cave So I give up now I know I will give in I aim, I miss Only You can save So I give control to the great I Am God, make it You I crave I am filled with hope For when I look upon the One I know that in His hands My battles will be won I am filled with hope Now as I look upon the One Thank You, O my God For giving me your Son I am filled with hope For I know the battle's won I am filled with hope For my Lord said, “It is done.”
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Apr 18, 2014
Apr 18, 2014 at 4:18 PM UTC
Through the Open Door
I am without hope Until I look upon the One The holy One, my God Who sent His only Son I've been here before Time and time again Same old story Same familiar place I'm so frighteningly far from perfect I want to hide my face But through the open door Blinding me again Light so holy Promises your grace When I feel like I'm helplessly shipwrecked I long to see your face I am without hope But then I look upon the One The loving One, my God Through whom all can be undone I feel so weak now I feel controlled by sin I can't do this I am my own slave My dark desires keep me where I am My heart's a dark, black cave So I give up now I know I will give in I aim, I miss Only You can save So I give control to the great I Am God, make it You I crave I am filled with hope For when I look upon the One I know that in His hands My battles will be won I am filled with hope Now as I look upon the One Thank You, O my God For giving me your Son I am filled with hope For I know the battle's won I am filled with hope For my Lord said, “It is done.”
|Written June 10, 2011| * from my Ignite collection, being poem #2. Please see the collection page itself. For the context of when and why this poem was written, see the Ignite page. After writing it, my grandma read through it and I told her I was still having trouble coming up with a name. She said, "Hope!" I read through it again, and it hit me as obvious when I came across stanza 3. line 1. I named it Through the Open Door, and she said something like, "I'll leave it to you." haha :) Being one of my favorite poems, especially at the time of its conception, I eventually converted it into song form, like many of my poems, and added some small parts. This one's dear to me. Please let me know what you think. God bless. © 2017 A.D. Sifford. I'm okay with you sharing my poems, but I ask that you show courtesy. Please be honest about the authorship by attributing it to my name. Thank you, - Sifford
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Apr 18, 2014
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