I have been given much More than is ever deserved What I have is not mine to hold Yet its value I have not served
For all the treasures I protect Are fleeting and hard to hold Yet I try to hide and to hoard Lest this trove never get old
All I have is from him alone Not mine but in my care To secure and make it grow In protecting it I must be fair
Yet I have wasted so very much Of what was mine to protect For so much I had to care Yet this blessing I did reject
For the loss I may have caused Oh how my Lord can I atone Of what was mine to protect That you placed in my trust alone
In my skill and will you did trust Yet I looked away without grace Selfishly wasting your great love And in my heart left no space
Much hurt I need to repair To gain your forgiveness, I must give I must ease the pain of others On a healing path, so I must forgive
For to serve him well I must show That in my heart, there lives his trust That in my soul there lives his love To share and care for his own I must
Dear Jesus, Forgive me for ever squandering your gifts In my rush to gain rather than to give Help me to care less for myself Than for those to me you’ve entrusted And use well the wealth of your love In all I say and do as I live