CONFESSIONS OF A TAINTED SAINT
Brother and Sisters
Let us bow a knee to pray
Today we ask forgiveness
For all the sins that we forgot to say
We are the Silent Stones
We are the Tainted Saints
By now Sodom could have put us all to Shame
By now Gomorrah could have gone in through the pearly Gates
Chorus:
Lord we ask for all the mercy
We have forgotten to hand out
Lord we ask for understanding
For all the mornings we used this pulpit just to shout
We are the Silent Stones
We are the Tainted Saints
Lord we ask for all the mercy
We have forgotten to hand out
We have forgotten to hand out
-These oaken pews in the arena
Turn our thumbs to the gladiators down
These dusty Bibles are on the bookshelf
Turn the t.v. preacher volume up when we hear the cries for help
-Have I become a better man than I once was?
Or have I just become a better showman on this stage?
Have I become a bearer of better fruit than yesteryear?
Or have I just pushed the bitter roots down into the ground?
Chorus:
Lord I ask for all the mercy
I have forgotten to hand out
Lord I ask for understanding
For all the mornings I used this pulpit just to shout
I am the Silent Stone
I am the Tainted Saint
Lord I ask for all the mercy
I have forgotten to hand out
I have forgotten to hand out
-By now Sodom could have put us all to Shame
By now Gomorrah could have gone in through the pearly Gates
We are laughing from our monitors
Where we watch your world as it burns
We are throwing the Stones at our Reflections
We are the tainted Saints drug out to the City Gates
- Lord I ask for all the mercy
I have forgotten to hand out
I have forgotten to hand out
Prayer for The Other Tainted Saints
The Great Forgiver and Only One Who Is True
We have little left to Say
Except that we are Sorry
We have Tainted Your Name to the World
While pretending to be Saints for our Neighbors
We have stained the Truth
We have Painted over the Lies
We have broken our Covenants
We have made a Show instead of making a Change
We are your Tainted Saints, we are your Prodigals Sons and Daughters, playing Older Brothers
And You, and You are the only Way we can be made Whole and Clean
And You, and You are the only Truth we have to Share, that they can still Believe.
Please Help Them to Still Believe.
“Woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.”
Matthew 23:27 Tree of Life Version
Resource: “She Must And Shall Go Free” Album by Derek Webb
Timothy Keller “Doing Justice and Mercy” Sermon
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