(Take Me Back by Maverick City Music)
Lord, I want to be whole! I want to be free! I want to be so sensitive to your Spirit that I say what you want me to say, see things how you see them, act like you would act, and love like you love! I want to forgive! I want be renewed and restored! Help me to hunger for your presence and thirst for your word! I want to offer everyone you put in my path; your light and hope!
I don't want to self-protect or build walls that hide all that you have redeemed in me!
I don't want to hesitate to trust or love others because I think the risk is too high.
I don't want my wounds and scars to SCREAM LOUDER than my FAITH!
I won't remain stuck in my hurt, with my head down, going around in circles, lost in the feelings that get me nowhere.
I don't want to pretend or stay superficial because I am afraid people won't like the real me.
Fear has no place here. It takes up too much space. It crowds out your grace, your mercy, your abundant promises, and your truth.
Lord, help me to have a posture of humility rather than pride that comes so natural and robs me of your blessings.
This season of winter will not hang around forever....the "SON" has not left me. His radiance and warmth faithfully draws me closer. Springtime always comes after the cold and the thawing of my heart begins. Seeds of hope take root and begin to break through the hard soil. When the storm blows over there is fresh ground for new growth, new sweet fruit, new opportunities, news songs, and endless possibilities. He is ALIVE in me doing a new thing!
I will not let the enemy steal my songs of praise, my worship will rise up and my soul will still declare His Holy name!
I CHOOSE joy no matter the circumstances.
I BELIEVE in your promises!
I have HOPE that holds on through the strongest of storms.
God you are so good. You are working even when I can't see it. You are there even when I can't feel you. You have never let me go.
Here is to new beginnings, however painful it might have been to get here.
Take me back to my first love......... you Jesus!
"Even the wilderness and desert will be glad in those days. The wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring crocuses. Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy! The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon, as lovely as Mount Carmel or the plain of Sharon. There the Lord will display his glory, the splendor of our God. With this news, strengthen those who have tired hands, and encourage those who have weak knees." Isaiah 35:1-3
