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## 103:14
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%% 4
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> He Remembers That We Are Dust
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>> For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.
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Occasion: When I'm disappointed in myself
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Lord, I expected better of myself.
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I thought I would handle this differently.
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I thought I had grown past this.
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I thought by now I would be wiser,
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steadier,
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stronger.
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Apparently not.
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It is difficult to see myself clearly
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without becoming either my defender
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or my accuser.
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You know what I am made of.
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You know where I failed.
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And You know the distance I have traveled,
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the battles nobody else sees,
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the places where I am still at work.
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Keep me from making excuses.
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But keep me also from turning disappointment
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into contempt for myself.
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I am dust,
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and You have always known that ---
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even if I had forgotten.
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Show me what needs changing.
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Help me make right what I can.
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Then let me rise from this place
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without pretending I never fell.
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You have not mistaken me
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for someone already finished.
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Let's begin again.
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Amen.
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