Lest I Forget

[Snowy]

Dear Lord, if
I begin to forget.
Let me not forget Thee
As I grow older.
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Dear Lord, help me to see,
As I become more slow.
What causes me concern
Is the things I may not know.
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So many now afflicted
With Alzheimer and I fear
Will this become my fate, also.
As the later years are here.
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Will I forget family and friends
And forget who I am, too?
Dear gracious Father God,
Will I also forget you?
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I tremble to just think of things
That might be, then, forgot.
Wouldn't life seem to be wasted, Lord,
If someday, I remember you not...
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If tomorrow brings no memory
And there is nothing I recognize,
If my past has no remembrance
And nothing is familiar to my eyes?
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What if I no longer give you praise,
For my lips have forgotten how?
Forbid it, Lord, to let this happen.
So, let me do it now.
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If all that should happen
But your grace is all I can afford,
Let your Holy Spirit whisper in my ear
That Jesus Christ is still my Lord.
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If my memories pass into nothingness,
One thing I will finally will gain -
The power to forgive those that hurt me
And forget in Jesus name.
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Will I forget how you led me
Along life's passage ways?
Will I forget, I pray not, how
You led me though all my days?
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If memory allows, only one reoccurring thought;
Let it be your grace outpoured.
Let me remember, so that I can speak
That I know that Jesus Christ is still Lord.​

© by Sandra Griffin
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