Your Hands Cover Mine

Have I put You first?

Have I put You most?

Have I loved You first?
Have I loved You most?

I fear these questions

For I fear their answers

I sorrow at these questions

For I sorrow at their answers

What is repentance

Without penance

Yet, I’m further from repentance

The more I give my penance

My sacrifice is nothing

Without obedience

I sacrifice nothing

Without obedience

You are holy

I am not

Great is your holiness

Great is my not

I look at my hands

I see their dirty weakness

I look at your hands

I see their perfect strength

I give my hands to you

Your hands cover mine

I give my filth to you

Your holy covers me

I am not

You are all

You took my not

You gave me all

Time after time

Curse after curse

Fail after fail

Sin after sin

My sin on a tree

The death of me

My God on a tree

The life of me

I look at my hands

I see their dirty weakness

I look at your hands

I see their perfect strength

I give my hands to you

Your hands cover mine

I give my filth to you

Your holy covers me

A price beyond what I can pay

I have found a Redeemer

A love beyond penance

I have found repentance

I am Yours, I am loved
Your hands cover me

I am Yours, I am loved

I am Yours, I am loved