I cannot handle grace right now
His presence I must flee
Bright holiness would blind me
Weary heart can’t bend the knee
I climb a mountain, find Thee there
Depression’s depths can’t snuff Thy care
From east to west, my burdens bear
Dawn’s wings to midnight sea
Darkness descends, where art Thou now?
Light penetrates not here
A moment, have I truly reached
At last beyond Thy sphere?
No, here Thou hast preceded me
Alike in dark or light Thou sees,
Encircled, hemmed in, can it be
Thy presence everywhere?
Such wondrous knowledge I can’t grasp
For Thy thoughts, render praise
Like powder sand attempt to clasp
Futile their sum to gauge
Thou, Who hast knit my every part
Search me, my God, and know my heart
Where find offense, excise, carve out
Lead down Thy ancient ways
Copyright Jonelle Liddell
Of Hope and Rhymes 
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