I cannot escape from your spirit.
You pursue
my guilty heart, so guarded;
In danger of hardening,
I’m running.
Majesty
saturates these cowering bones
until I am silenced.
My doubtful soul is e x p o s e d
in Your mercy.
Such radiant mercy,
illuminating everything,
it obliterates my shame in its brilliance.
Suddenly I know my deepest fears are known.
Deeply unworthy, and naked before you
- A huddle of piteous defenses -
My eyes must refocus
and adjust to the light.
Affronted:
my focus is lifted
and fixed on LIFE itself
as floods of Righteousness
erupt like the dawn
and flow forth over me:
Restoring my soul.
My gaze is commanded by You -
There is no other thing that compares.
You who breathed stars,
and stationed the moon in place;
All-powerful and unchanging,
You call my name.
Who am I to run from You?
To presume, as one scorned,
that I have earned a cold-shoulder,
and must wander alone,
when my salvation comes from You only?
You made me, You created me!
Oh, why in guilt do I doubt!
From everlasting to everlasting
You are Lord.
No matter how hard I run,
Grace overtakes me.
Your vulnerability
melts my resistance,
and breaks me;
Here I am, undone.
Who am I that you should care for me,
that you should forfeit your Glory to ransom me?
You know me -
You know how weak I am, that I am only dust!
And how often I fail you.
Yet, true to your promises forever -
slow to anger, and abounding in Love -
You are faithful and just to forgive.
In the scars of Your Son
My sin is absorbed.
[Teach me your ways, O Lord,
That I may live according to your Truth!
Grant me purity of heart,
That I may honor You.
With all my heart I will praise you,
O Lord my God.
I will give glory to your name forever,
For your love for me is very great.
You have rescued me from the depths
Of death.] ~ psalm 86verse11to13
Teach me to T R U S T.
