In this brief moment while I am not sinning

In this brief moment while I am not sinning
May thy devined work beginning
Reveal the plan devised
Before thee first opened
Mine eyes

In the quiet of this room
While all are resting
May so my heart long
To sing thy song
Of praise

For lo the days
Grow dark
And the spark
Is ere yet fleating
While still my heart
Within me is beating

Yea depart
And take me
Before once more
I should flee

Yet not my will
But thine alone
Can forge the path
Of life unknown

Thy will becomes
My own
When thy grace
Is fully shown

When mercy
Finds me
Deep in sin
Then begins
Thy work
To dwell
Within

Oh to but rest
In thee this day
For while the morning light
Tis yet in sight

Gather me
In thy wings
Of grace
Till I may see
Thee face to face

-Joshua Lee Foist