HYMN: My Heart, O Lord, Is Grieved

I apologize for how long it has been since I've posted. I still have some sermons to post and will see about getting that done when I can, but I'm not really in a position to post them at the moment. Life has taken an odd and unfortunate turn, and I may say more about it later.

But in the midst of this odd and unfortunate turn, I've had some time--time to think, time to pray, and time to do a little bit of writing. Most of it has been for church things--my congregations, my circuit, my district--but life events have also inspired another  hymn text. This one is based on the propers for the Ninth Sunday After Trinity, and particularly the Epistle, I Corinthians 10:6-13. It also expresses some of what I'm feeling in this unexpected and unfortunate turn in life. 

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My Heart, O Lord, Is Grieved

1. My heart, O Lord, is grieved,
Weighed down by cares and blame.
My fear and trust in You have failed.
My head is bowed in shame.

2. Surrounded by the world,
In torment from my grief,
Temptation is my legacy,
My woe without relief.

3. I bow before my Lord.
My guilt has humbled me.
O Christ, I call Your holy name.
I beg You, hear my plea.

4. Oh, save me by Your name.
Acquit me by Your might.
Display Your mercy unto me
And arm me for the fight.

5. When darkness overwhelms,
Oh, be my light of grace,
And vindicate me by Your blood
Which sin cannot displace.

6. And when temptation comes,
When terror grips my heart,
Sustain me as I face the test
Of Satan's fiery dart.

7. O God, my faithful God,
My Helper and my Shield,
You are the Way of my escape,
O Christ, true Grace revealed.


(c) 2017 Alan Kornacki, Jr.
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Tune: SOUTHWELL (LSB 452)
Occasion: Trinity IX; Affliction and Temptation; I Corinthians 10:6-13