{"id":116,"date":"2014-06-08T02:59:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T02:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christiancompositions.com\/blog\/?p=116"},"modified":"2014-06-09T13:47:54","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T13:47:54","slug":"a-broken-contrite-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christiancompositions.com\/blog\/a-broken-contrite-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"A Broken, Contrite Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Psalm51\"<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

I\u00a0<\/i>come to You, O Lord, to\u00a0<\/i>bring<\/i><\/p>\n

A sacrifice, a broken thing,<\/i><\/p>\n

Not fit to offer to a king.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

No costly treasure I have bought,<\/i><\/p>\n

No noble deeds that I have wrought,<\/i><\/p>\n

Just ruined pieces have I brought.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

This object that to You I\u2019ve borne<\/i><\/p>\n

Is viewed by most with mocking scorn,<\/i><\/p>\n

Though some may pity as I mourn.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2018Tis filled with naught but guilt and fears,<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2018Tis salted well with bitter tears<\/i><\/p>\n

And cries meant only for Your ears.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

It\u2019s sullied with the stains of sin,<\/i><\/p>\n

Damaged by the hurts of men,<\/i><\/p>\n

Shattered bits of what has been.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

All earthly monarchs would reject<\/i><\/p>\n

As undeserving of respect;<\/i><\/p>\n

And yet, my Lord, you will accept<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

This gift, in which I cannot boast.<\/i><\/p>\n

Perhaps \u2018twill glorify You most,<\/i><\/p>\n

For to Your feet it brings me close.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

For pardon I do now implore,<\/i><\/p>\n

Create, renew, uphold, restore,<\/i><\/p>\n

The joy and peace I had before.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

For You can cleanse the sinful soul,<\/i><\/p>\n

And You can make the wounded whole,<\/i><\/p>\n

And You alone my griefs console.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Though guilty You have never been,<\/i><\/p>\n

Yet You have known the pain of sin,<\/i><\/p>\n

And You have been reviled by men.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

And so I lay, with downcast eyes,<\/i><\/p>\n

My crushed and bleeding worthless prize,<\/i><\/p>\n

And know, O God, You\u2019ll not despise<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

A broken, contrite heart.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a9Niki Lott 2014.<\/p>\n

You can hear the music here:\u00a0http:\/\/youtu.be\/GcXWDSZExZs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.\u201d (Ps. 51:17)<\/p>\n

\u201cHe healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.\u201d\u00a0 (Ps. 147:3)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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