Help Me

I'm not the only poet in my family -  my dad wrote some poems too. Dad passed away on September 17, 2023, and I will be sharing some of his works as I feel led, starting with the poem below. It’s really a prayer in poem form. And it along with the scriptures I’ve added at the end echo the cry of my heart and God’s response to meet me in my need today. What a privilege to still be able to hear my dad’s voice and to hear God’s voice through him.

Help Me
by Rev. Tim R. Young

Help me, O Lord
Help me today
Help me, O Lord
I pray

Help me, O Lord
That I’ll not stumble
And teach me to
Be humble

Help me from day to day
That I’ll never stray
I need Your help today
And know that without it
I’ll lose my way

It seems that for Your help
Is all I ask
But, O Lord, I know
That with Your help
All will be well at last

So, Lord, today
Forgive I pray
And, Lord, lead me
All the way

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“Hear me, Lord, and have mercy on me.
    Help me, O Lord.”
– Psalm 30:10 (NLT)

“Thus says the Lord,
    your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
    who teaches you to profit,
    who leads you in the way you should go.”
– Isaiah 48:17 (ESV)