Your answered prayer cannot cause grief,
Unless you asked amiss....
To satisfy your lusts you'd plead,
And fin'lly He gave in?
Then leanness with it He did send....
The leanness of the soul.
All this to cause you to repent,
Because He loves you so.
For only He doth satisfy
The longing of the soul:
For lusts in vain you may e'er try,
But never will be full.
Yet faithful He doth e'er abide;
Nor ever will forsake.
While for your lusts you've vainly tried,
He turns you in His grace....
Affliction's sent that you repent,
And seek His face alone:
There find how inexplicably
HE satiates the soul.
Then answered prayer which did cause grief
Becomes salvation's door:
Returning from insatious lusts
To Him Who satiates more.
21Sep00