In the End

I have lived just long enough
To do a little looking back
Into my history,
Into this person I've become,
And knowing hindsight isn't far,
Just behind the looking glass
Where truth is clear to me
And I cannot alter what has passed.

But You forget what I regret,
And remind me I will, too, when I find You
In the end

When I stand before You,
When my eyes adore You in that first light,
Let me be open to Your mercy
To forgive myself for all I should have been
In the end.

I don't want to waste my time
Wishing for what might have been,
'Cause there are better days
And better things to think upon.
So my feet carry me
Through each mortal circumstance,
And they will touch no place
You have not already gone.

Before me,
my story is written as I learn,
Until the last page turns,
In the end

When I stand before You,
When my eyes adore You in that first light,
Let me be open to Your mercy
To forgive myself for all I should have been
In the end.

I wonder what You'll say
I wonder what I'll wish I'd known,
Standing in amazing grace
When You see what I've sown.

When I stand before You,
When my eyes adore You in that first light,
Let me be open to Your mercy
To forgive myself for all I should have been
In the end.