To a darkened sky I lifted up my tear-stained face,
In desperation, I cried out to You – a prayer of brokenness.
All pretenses gone – the Light revealed my words were only words,
And the chains of fear gripped tighter than they ever had before.
In the season of my shame, I felt You’d left me here alone.
Seeing nothing past my pain, it seemed that all my joy was gone.
But, a gentle voice inside my heart, repeated "Child of Mind, Be Still,
Look to me, Dear One, and receive the Peace that is, for you, My Will."
As I trace Your hand behind me now, my vision becomes clear;
You’ve restored my mind, revived my heart, You have calmed my every fear.
In the stillness of the season that You led me to,
You reminded me that all I need is found in You.
I look before me now, and see the sun shine through the trees.
And every unknown in the future, one more reason to believe, –
I've a purpose in the plan You’re unfolding on this earth,
Lord, I commit my life to Your design, it is You I choose to serve.
So, when the idols that I cling to here are stripped away from me,
May this heart always remember, Lord, that You alone can be:
My Rock, My Hope, My Prince of Peace, My Shelter in the Storm,
My Shepherd, My Deliverer, and My One and Only Lord.
--11/15/10
