A Letter To My Father Poem by Kathryn Tyler King

Father,
This is the day for complete submission
Under the Holy Spirit’s care,
To relish all He teaches and with confession
Tell Him I am not prepared.

Keep me from enemies jeering
And with courage I shall declare
That Your wisdom is far nearing
An end to this age of despair.

Lead me onward and upward rejoicing
with love and hope to share.
Bring some to the grace of Your saving
And others to their knees in Your care.

Foremost in my mind I am thinking
Of those friends I have hoped to cheer
But failed to tell of You dying
For the sins we constantly bear.

Teach me O Lord to start telling
For the time is so short we hear.
Spirit be in me now, not forsaking
Our Dear Lord when he comes here.