CAN I………..BE……….LIKE YOU

When I grow up

     I want to be just like You.

But can I ever really do

     All the things that You do?

Can I perform a miracle

    Not just some old magic trick?

Can I make the lame walk?

     Can I heal the sick?

Can I cast out demons

     From an insane mind?

Can I use dirt and spit

     To give sight to the blind?

Can I walk on water

     Or raise the dead?

Can I forgive the ones who

     Mock me, beat me, or push thorns into my head?

Can I endure

     Rejection, betrayal, and pain?

Can I sacrifice everything

     Without personal gain?

Can I bring comfort

     To hearts that cry?

Can I show compassion

     To those who would sentence me to die?

Can I save a dying world

     Or give hope to the lost?

Can I lay down my life

     And be nailed to a cross?

Maybe I’ll never be able

     To do the things that You do.

But each day, can I be a lot less like me

     And just a little more like You?