Poem by Martha Snell Nicholson - I Shall be Like Him

1 John 3:2 - Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

There is a verse of Scripture

Which grips my very soul,

And lights earth’s dingy pathway, ---

A gleaming, shining goal.

So long I have been wearied

Of this weak self of mine,

This sinning, faltering nature,

So different, Lord, from Thine.

And so with utter rapture

I read the words which say

I shall be changed entirely

And be like Thee some day.

Like Thee, like Thee, My Saviour?

I cannot understand.

The vessel like the Potter

Who made it with His hand?

The lost lamb like the Shepherd,

The branches like the Vine?

Help me, I am bewildered

With riches poured like wine.

I cannot understand, dear Lord,

I only trust and know

That when at last I am like thee

My cup will overflow.