Saturday, October 17

Must His perfection plead

No selfishness, no hatred,
No spitefulness was there.
No unbelief, no cursing,
No pity from despair.
One sinful thought; one failure,
And Love would not succeed.
The ransomed souls of hist’ry
Must His perfection plead.

— Kevin Hartnett
"If He Had Faltered Even Once"