Unveiling Heart

You knit me together with Your hands in my mother's womb. You bent down and breathed Your breath into me. You wrote all my days when there were none. You placed me in a garden, Gave me all I needed for this life. You set before me the tree of life. But when the wild creature began to speak to me— Lying, deceiving, whispering That You did not care for me— Your voice I did not seek. I gave in to deception And ate the fruit of lies That separated You and me. Yet You came looking for me, Calling, “Where are you?” I tried to hide and cover up, But You still pursued me when I was afraid. You asked, “Who told you you were naked?” Ashamed and still hiding, I blamed another, And he blamed the creature. You promised that one day Your Son Would strike the creature. Yet even then, You sacrificed and covered me with Your love And sent us on a journey. We kept growing, but the distance remained— Not only from God But from each other. Anger, hatred, jealousy, bitterness— The wild things entered o...

  Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Each moment, each day, move into this heart that desires everything besides You. Yet You are patient and relentless in Your pursuit of me. Help me see that all I wait on pales in comparison to You. No companion is like You— steady, steadfast, and faithful. They leave at the sight of storms and the pleasures of life. All approvals are so fleeting. But help me see You have etched me in the palm of Your hands for eternity. Yield my soul to this love— faithful even when I am not. Unchanging and eternal is His love, even when my heart wanders to lesser loves that empty me and leave me wasted. Even all the riches have nothing on You— here today and gone tomorrow. You, Heaven’s King, emptied Yourself on the cross for me, knowing fully well my wavering and wandering ways. Oh, what love is this—so amazing— that You took my place for transgressing against a King so holy, so mighty, yet tender toward the weak like...

  What do you do? When you wander aimlessly  And the fire you once had was quenched You are misunderstood even by your own Rejected and cast away You feel lonely and isolated You  feel  you don't belong or can't connect And deep  inside  you feel empty and spent Tired yet going on from one day to the next  Your past mistakes haunt you  And an enemy that constantly attacks and doesn't back down And a world that constantly tempts you or makes you feel that you are not enough  And your thoughts that should be a friend but act like a foe instead  It haunts you with a past that makes you see the sins and a heart that's scarlet red Meet me "Great I am" in my wandering in this wilderness like you met Moses And transform my I am's Where mundane turns to musing And despair turns to delight  Where wander turns to wonder  Where wilderness turns to worship As you show me a bush burning and yet not consumed  Reminding me you have inter...

Guard the garden that's the genesis of my being The secret place where you formed me Guard my silence and solitude with you That's where you're doing a deep work of making me whole and Holy It's a privilege to be alone with you Jesus teach me to treasure You  You alone sit with me in the garden of my heart  And You yearn and delight to be with me May my wayward heart yearn for you and delight in you You wait gently to tend to the garden of my heart You violently uproot anything that obstructs our love and intimacy You want nothing to interrupt and put out the fire and pure passion of our communion You are jealous over the affections of my heart Like a bridegroom over the heart of His bride You alone are worthy of this wholehearted devotion Give me a heart that is purely devoted to you No one else knows me the way you do Nothing else can fix the mess in this garden Teach me to rejoice when you prune and uproot Father, you are the perfect gardener You're making this g...

Before your father and mother conceived You  I conceived you You were with me in my heart, my very imagination and my mind I kissed you with my breath in your mother's womb I sealed you to be mine forever before the foundations of the earth  I marked you with the Spirit  You didn't choose me but I chose you to be mine forever Simply because I made you with love I am the very breath in your lungs  The blood that flows through your veins I have hemmed you and surrounded you within and everywhere with my love You cannot escape my presence I know your wanderings, and I know where you hide My love is present with you in the deepest pit of your despair and disappointment And I will not leave you there But I have raised you from the pit to the power of my faithful and steady love  To proclaim and touch people with compassion and grace As I touch you every day with my love to bring you life My words chiselling your flesh into submission to my loving authority to reflect...