"Just as I am, I make my plea" (song)

Recently I have been reading the hymn "Just as I am, without one plea" by Charlotte Elliott (1789-1871), written in 1835. I know this hymn is meaningful to many people, and I like the idea of coming to God just as we are, but I have never quite related with this hymn. Maybe it's the old-fashioned language; maybe it's because I can't remember singing it in church; it may also be because I have difficulty connecting the message of the song with its prominent image of the Lamb of God. So I have written another version. But first, the original:

Just as I am, without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as I am, and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot,
To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as I am, though tossed about
With many a conflict, many a doubt,
Fightings and fears within, without,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind;
Sight, riches, healing of the mind,
Yea, all I need in Thee to find,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as I am, Thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
Because Thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as I am, Thy love unknown
Hath broken every barrier down;
Now, to be Thine, yea, Thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as I am, of that free love
The breadth, length, depth, and height to prove,
Here for a season, then above,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!

(TUNE:  WOODWORTH) 

In my version, I draw out the image of Jesus as the Lamb of God in several ways, beginning in the first verse with an allusion to John 1, in which John the Baptist calls Jesus the "Lamb of God." John's disciples then ask Jesus where he is staying and Jesus replies, "Come and see" (v. 30).

Just as I am, I make my plea
to ask if you would welcome me
and in reply you say, "Come and see."
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as you were, you came to us:
the Child of God, a child of dust
to show us how God's love to trust.
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as we were, you took away
the sin of the world, our deep decay
and called us to follow the light of your Way
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as I am, I come to you
though hiding myself, though torn in two
believing that you will make me true.
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

Just as I am, you welcome me
to join at the feast of your family.
What was grape and wheat we will take and eat:
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!