How Deep the Chasm within the Heart

How deep the chasm within my heart

that once separated me from

the grace of God, the Savior, Thou art.

Nothing I could ever do

could redeem me of my sins,

no, the mighty cost was paid by only You.

Jesus my Redeemer, Thou alone art worthy

to buy me with Your precious blood,

freely giving Your love and mercy.

Pride enchained me for years,

making me believe I could save me,

keeping me in a life of fear.

Preservation set in, walls built so high,

going at it on my own,

full of despair, yet not wondering why.

Till one day, with a broken heart,

realizing though while in my sin,

You were always there, right from the start.

My Savior had never given up on me,

He was only waiting till I turned to Him,

so He could finally set me free.

The point of it all,

the reason why He came,

was to free us from the great fall.

The fall that left us bound in sin

thinking if we just do good

when we die, into heaven we’ll be let in.

But our good is tainted with the pride of life,

thinking it’s what we do, not what He did for us;

but our “good” results in pain and strife.

The time before His return is drawing near,

oh, I pray you will listen to Him

as He calls to you, “To Me, draw near.”

Will you trust in Him, who said “It is finished,”

as He took on all our sins

so we could be saved and not be left to perish.

Or will you let your prideful heart

be the deep and wide chasm

that from the Savior forever keeps you apart? ✝️