FREE WILL WE USE FOR GREED

Oh Lord - You created everything so perfect,
And gave us everything we need,
But Oh Lord this free will you bestowed on us,
We use it only for our greed.

As mortal men we can not conceive,
Your understanding and forgiving ways.
We know that from Your teachings,
We could have better days.

We do these things to ourselves we know,
And blind ourselves with self esteem.
We even inflict ourselves with penance,
But never can we our souls redeem.

Oh Lord forgive us of our erring ways.
Teach us compassion and restraint.
Help us through our trying times.
Help us Oh Lord to have constraint.

Let me walk the narrow path,
And smell the flowers beside the road.
Let my footprints guide the way,
And let me share another's load.
Amen

By L.M.Willson