STILL

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If love bears all things: day in, day out
Then You’ve proven beyond a doubt
Love is who You are to me
Love- patient, steady, free.
Love; making rainbows from a murky hue
Turning dull grays into bright blue
Only to You is my life see-through
And still- amazingly, I’m loved by You.
My Lord, My Rock- unchanging, still.
God of the love which knows no ‘until’
A ray of light sweeping clean my soul
Restoring the halves into a whole.

Faithful- while I’ve walked away
Chasing, wooing day by day.
Love- still- in spite of the pain
Of being made to bleed all over again;
Still, You stand at my door and knock
Persistent- calling: ‘Come, let’s walk’.
Watching through tears, night and day
Watching the one who looked away;
Looking; Your gaze not wavering once
Unwilling to miss a single chance.
So, love me- still- this frame of dust
Remould me- break me if You must.
While You shape me to fit Your will
Hold me close; Daddy, keep me still.
And while You work, play me Your tune
Remind me- I forget too soon
That I’m in arms I cannot see
When I feel You’ve forsaken me.

Oh Rock, I’m weak- but I won’t sit
Struck down; but God forbid I quit.
I’ll walk; my feet unsteady, sore-
Via Dolorosa- You’ve been here before.
I’m far away but I’m almost there
Later, or soon, I’ll breathe Your air.
Sustain me with these drops of grace
I’m barely keeping up the pace
I’m faltering; slipping; falling
- But still
Trusting this climb will strengthen,
Not kill;
I’ll live expectant; though unsure
Obey; while wondering what it’s all for.
I’m straining; but won’t stop this test
You will decide the time for rest.
Still- and safe- on the mountain peak
I’ll look down and marvel at what I see:
The beauty of what You’ve brought me through;
Second only to the sight of You.

See my life as a play needing a script
See me as a puzzle; if the pieces are fixed
Then paint the picture; give me reason
Weave purpose through this dark season.
Lord, while I never leave Your gaze
Mine gets clouded by this world’s haze
So sing me a lullaby, soft as a rose;
May I see You when my eyes close.
In Our sweet dream, dazzle my mind;
That I wake up to this world blind.
And even then, when I worship You as King
Still, be my Lover, Friend, my Everything.

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