How Often?

HOW OFTEN DID YOU SEEK ME LORD
YOUR FACE I SHOULD BEHOLD,
BUT I JUST TURNED AND RAN AWAY
THE STORY HAS BEEN TOLD.

BUT IN YOUR GRACE AND MERCY
YOU GAVE NOT UP ON ME,
WITH ALL YOUR LOVE AND WISDOM
YOU KNEW THAT I WOULD SEE.

AND WHEN I STOPPED MY RUNNING
YOU CAME TO DWELL WITHIN,
YOU TOOK AWAY MY OLD MAN
AND CLEANSED ME OF MY SIN.

RICHARD A PALMER