One Man's Cry

Dear Lord, please help me to be a better man
A loving father and caring husband the best way I can
Forgive me for all the wrong things I can't make right
For making my poor wife pass through many sleepless night

Please instill in me the patience to overcome my anger
where my weakness lies just make me stronger
show me how to love to soften this heart of stone
for days to come I don't want to be alone

O Lord, you know that sometimes I really do try
Yes, I have my bad side that I won't deny
But I don't always want to be that negative way
instead of hurtful words nice things I want to say

I know that I don't show her the love the way I should
But just to make her happy I do everything that I could
Money isn't everything of that I'm well aware
But when she needs me I always try to be there

I've done and said hurtful things in the past
And I'm afraid that my marriage won't last
I'm thinking that she can't take much more
And that soon she will decide to walk out the door

Why when she tries to get near I treat her so cold?
When all she wants is for someone to hold
But Lord, you know how I truly feel inside
From you there is nothing that I can hide

I would hate to think that we weren't meant to be
If she would leave then what would become of me
O father, help to change before it's too late
Before her patience runs out and can no longer wait

I'm at the crossroad and don't know what to do
I'm running out of hope so I turn to you
Point out the way that I must go
Enlighten me with all that I need to know