Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Prisoner of an Invading World

Prisoner of an Invading World

Look in the mirror and see nothing but a wretch

Weary and broken in a deserted land

I ask myself how I got here again

In the midst of all this dirt I wish I could find Your hand.

Covered in the filth of this invading world

I groan as a prisoner of my own self worth

Families break apart. Relationships fail and falter.

I lay it all down at Your cleansing altar.

You are my Hope, my Strength, my Shield, my Song

I want to live you for You all life long

But the livin’ is hard in the land I dwell

Lord, please pull me out of this deep, dark well.

Your anger burns and rages against me

Yet you restore and set me free

Faithfully picking me up and setting my feet on solid ground

Undeserving of grace and mercy. You alone can save me. Your love is all around.

I am nothing without You….

Just a prisoner held captive by the ways of this cold, dark world

It creeps around me, deceiving, laughing, and taunting,

Selling its desires and cleverly excusing its ways till I’m caught in its swirl.

Away with you disgusting deceiver

Your lies will not deliver.

Come truth. Come Son. Come holy blessed One.

Cause Your face to shine upon me. Restore me. For this battle You have already won.

1 comment:

John Thomas said...

Still wondering why you are hurt, not knowing your loss, still thinking you have not heard me Love you out loud.

I must not have said it right for you to hear me, though I guess we on the outside are far apart; on the inside we are from the first day together one and the same.

There is only one God and one Spirit that makes us all as one.