Here I Am

What centers me? What centers you?

What defines me? What defines you?

What anchors me? What anchors you?

I thought I could find life outside of You

Discover another who would love me like You do

My heart searched – My eyes looked

I reached – I grasped – I hungered for more

But I didn’t find what I was looking for

I didn’t find something else to satisfy the thirst in my soul

Here I am, back again

Gazing at You – Desperate for You

Your Beauty

Your Grace

Your Magnificence

No one can compare with You

No one can love me like You do

Why did I try to worship another?

Tried to make an idol of my own

Where can I go that You are not there with me?

Surrounding me

Protecting me

Cheering me on

Why do I try to run from the One who knows me the best

The One who has wooed me with His loving-kindness

When will I learn that You are my life

I’ve got to lay mine down

What I want – what I cling to

Apart from You -Has got to go

Die to gain life?

Such a paradox

Yet a necessary truth

Help me trust You when I’m scared to let go

Give me glimpses of Your love when I fear the unknown

I get that I am Yours – You paid that price for me

Gave me life through Your perfect sacrifice

Help me live and not be afraid

Live the life – You made the way

Break off those things that hold me back

No more limits – No regrets

I want to live this life in abandon to You

To worship You – declare Your beauty and Your worth

Give me grace to rest and not to strive

As You bring me from death to life

Written by: Michelle Lenz

(Copyright – 2009)