Oft I have weakly and painfully sinned again As the heavy stones of my sinful life Weigh me down now with such burden Occupying my will and every thought Until their weight so stiffens my will That I cannot lift myself up and out
Others know my burdens and flaws Accusing as themselves are weighed down I often seek to cast them off and away And from my direction distract and deflect Yet pointing eyes away from their outer selves Toward my soul they direct their burden
Yet in the dust now He carves shocking truth Revealing all interior sores and wounds To the darkened hearts of those who condemn Calling out each piercing of soul within And adding to the weight of their stones Raised up in accusation and self-loathing
Yet in the drawn dust now is revealed a truth A view of each of our individual sores Written by His hand in clear prophecy Revealed to all by His will and intent Weakening their arms with the weight of sin Stones of hate now too heavy to bear
And to my clouded heart comes forgiveness To the accusers come the pangs of guilt As to all comes a new realization That with loving eyes He sees and knows all And forgiving, looks to all accusers to forgive And to clearly see themselves in the pool of life
I am unburdened now as He knows my heart Painfully in the dust by His touch revealing all flaws My newly burdened accusers fade into the morn Their stones of guilt and hate revealed As I alone look at this Son of man, Who says “Go and sin no more”
Dear Jesus, Help me to release the stones of my guilt As I now see all which You have written In the dust of my conscience and will And all my life-pain has been revealed Shield my heart and my soul from the stones And may my accusers look inward And send me back healed, to live again