To The Best Of My Faith

From the strength of my conviction
Or is seen as my seclusion,
When you reckon self-restriction,
Yet I suffer no delusion.

Let it show by peerage recessed,
Gaveled quietly in judgment.
May it free-fall in their obsess,
Worn as glory on my raiment.

If conclusion renders payment,
Let my declaration follow;
In my truth holds no betrayment,
Nor my love of God be hollow.

As I kneel beside the waters,
Shows my face of vindication.
In my trust I shall not falter,
As the living Lord’s creation.




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