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## 103:12
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> As Far as East From West
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>> As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
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Occasion: Confessing hidden wrongdoing
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Lord, the door is shut,
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the screen is dark,
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no one in this room knows what I did.
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But I know.
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And so do You.
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I have tried not to name it.
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I have offered myself excuses
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and called my silence caution.
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Still, the truth remains,
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and I am tired of carrying it alone.
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Bring the hard words to my tongue.
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Make me transparent.
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I am afraid of what honesty may cost,
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of the hurt in another’s face,
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of what cannot be taken back.
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I want mercy without risk,
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forgiveness without confession,
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a clean heart without the difficult telling.
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Secrecy is asking me to keep building walls around one act,
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then another around the lie that guards it,
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until I cannot tell which room I live in.
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Lead me to the honest step ---
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the truth spoken,
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the thing returned,
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the message sent,
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the door knocked on.
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Give me courage for that step,
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and humility for whatever follows.
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I have kept it hidden from others.
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I cannot hide it from You.
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Amen.
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