BUT JESUS SAID I MUST FORGIVE

Oh, Lord, my heart is breaking, and my pillow drips with tears.
I toss and turn through sleepless nights with all my 
doubts and fears.
I can't forget the one who caused my tortured heart such grief.
I think about it day and night, and cannot find relief.
BUT JESUS SAID I MUST FORGIVE.

The one who brought such pain to me should live in anguish too,
And know the awful suffering that I am going through.
I think of retribution, and of ways with which to pay
For all the hurt and sorrow that was caused to come my way.
BUT JESUS SAID I MUST FORGIVE.

Dear Lord, I think of all the sins that I am guilty of,
And how You died upon the cross because of Your great love,
So I could be forgiven, with eternity in view.
Forgive me for forgetting I should be forgiving too!
FOR YOU HAVE SAID I MUST FORGIVE. 

Repentant tears are flowing now, as truly I forgive
The one who took away my joy and my desire to live.
And now my heart is overflowing with a joy that's new,
So thank You, Lord, for bringing back my fellowship with You,
AND LOVING ME, AS I FORGIVE.

 (c) Betty Jo Mings