Are you listening to me Lord? I'd like to talk to you today. You see, I
have something on my heart that I feel I'd like to say. No, I don't have
any fancy gifts to bring to you to see, why Lord, you own the cattle on a
thousand hills, so what could I bring but me?

     I'm not here to complain today, and I hope you understand, that I really am grateful to have had the opportunity to climb one of your mountains, or walk on your sacred sand.

     But to have really reached the top as society sees today, Lord, I'll just
never reach that peak because I'm not traveling that a-way. You see, I've
never won an Oscar or any kind of earthly fame. The ears of millions and
millions of people, have never even heard my name. And no I've never spent hours upon hours, looking for a scientific clue, but I've shed many many tears looking at holes in an old man's shoe. And I've never had an
invitation from any far or famous place.

     But time and time again, I've seen hunger on a small child's face. No, I've
never known the victory of winning, or ruled with might and power. But, I
have stayed on my knees until they hurt in honest and silent prayer. So
Lord, I guess what I'm really trying to say is, When you call for me...

     You'll have to take me "Just As I Am" because that's all I'll ever be.

(Original author, unknown.)
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Quoted from a good friend.
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