As I Am Due
Oh! Dear Blessed Savior, You are the most Holy.
To Your name this Easter, I give praise to You solely.
For You went to the cross and there You died for me.
As a matter of fact, Jesus, You died for everybody.

May I give You what praise a human can only give.
May I be Your humble servant, Jesus, as long as I live.
Oh! Dear Jesus, You finished Your task--well done!
Dear Sweet Jesus, in Your life and death all was won.

You took away all the chains that hold death's sting.
I praise You, Jesus, I love You.  You are my everything!
When I face the new dawn I eagerly face it with You.
And when I need help You give it bountiful as I am due!

To give Your life for all others was Your Father's plan.
Only You, Jesus, died on the cross - both God and man.
There is no way I can honor You for what's been done.
I worship You and praise you, Lord, for being God's Son.

Show me the way, my Redeemer, for I need You so much.
My Savior, there is nothing in my life that You don't touch.
And when I die, Jesus, I pray that to Your bosom I'll come!
Then I'll see Your Father, The Holy Spirit and You the Son!

                                                               
written 3/14/2003
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