No matter how awful
I act or I feel
In my worst moment
At my lowest point
And at my highest
There is this love
I can’t begin to understand
That surrounds me
And fills me up
Pursues me relentlessly
No matter what I do
No matter where I am
No matter how I’m doing
My God loves me
Relentlessly, He loves me
No matter what
Nothing dissuades
His relentless love
Oh Lord, my God
Father and King
You didn’t have
To think out
How You would
Design the wind
You spoke it all
Right into being
You spoke
And You made
All of creation
You spoke and
Everything began
Lord, let my only fear
Be the fear I hold for You
Fear that means reverence
Fear that is deep awe
For Who You are
Not fear that means terror,
Fight, or flight, but
Fear in love
Fear in respect
For the Creator
Let my only fear
Be the fear I hold
For You, my Lord,
My King, my God
Messy disaster
Of a human life
That is how it feels
From time to time
To slog through
From day to day
Just trying
To survive
What kind
Of life is that?
Who wants to live
A life filled
Only with fret
Pain, disaster
Hardship and stress
What kind of
Life is that?
Guess what,
It’s not all there is
There is life
Meant to be lived
Filled with love
Beyond imagining
Waiting for you
In the embrace
Of the God
Who made you
Messy disasters,
That isn’t all there is
To this human life
All the things I built
Up around me
To display my might
And show my strength
Are like dust
Collapsing scaffolding
When disaster rises up
Wipes them away
So far beyond rebuilding
That I am left stripped down
To nothing, completely exposed
And there is nothing around
I can rebuild myself with
Some call that my
Weakest moment
I call it my most honest
When I have no choice
But to admit that I
Need help, can’t do life
All on my own
I need something
Much bigger than me
And so much wiser
I need a strength
That is not my own
That is the moment
Many feel most alone,
But I don’t
For me, it is the time when
I know my God is so close
He is within me and
All around
Making sure I am
Never alone
He fills me up
Sustains me
With so much greater
Than anything I ever
Called my own
God is my strength
He builds me new
From the ground up
Until I am a new creation
Built up relying only on God
Voices raised
Joined together in song
A melody of praise
Languages blending
Words enmeshed
Creating a harmony
Of praise glorifying
The name and fame
Our Father God in Heaven
A melodic tapestry
Of woven praise
Acoustic echoes
Of God’s enduring love
Testifying to how great
Our God is
I want to know God
Not of Him
Or about Him
I want to know Him intimately
From the inside out
Starting in my heart
I want to know God
Through and through
In the deepest recesses
Of my soul and mind
I want my thoughts, my desires
Laid out for Him
I want to be known
By You, God intimately
Through and through
I want to really know You
Lord, let your love
And glory rain down
Like wind and rain
In a hurricane
Pelt the earth
And everything and everyone
Upon on the earth
With Your love and glory
Flood the world
As You did
In Noah’s day
With Your love and glory
Lord, let your love
And glory rain down
Like wind and rain
In a hurricane
What is joy?
What is love,
But that Jesus came down
He is God’s only son
A promise to us
Of love and hope
Through Him we’re cleansed
Our sin are all erased
For there is joy Greater
Than any fleeting happiness
A love so overflowing
Nothing can extinguish my joy
I have Christ in my heart
His joy fills my veins
Every beat pumps Jesus into me
And I am filled with joy
Everlasting, overflowing
Joy fills my soul
Unwavering, redeeming joy
Joy in my Jesus
The provision of God
Doesn’t come from me
It comes only from God
That seems like such
A simple thing
To remember, however
That’s not as easy
As it would seem
I want to rely on me
And that just doesn’t work
I need my Father
Who walks this life
Every step of the way
I need His provision
I need to remember
The provision of God
Doesn’t come from me
It comes only from God
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