At sundown, Lord, at nightfall,
a grace within the night shadows
calls me to your presence,
inviting me to hope,
to hear in your voice, your phrase, your reality.
to await your therapeutic contact…
Generally in my prayer, Lord,
even typically,
what I discover inside myself is just not the identical,
simply would not match,
the outdoors others see…
I disguise, I conceal my brokenness:
the partitions I construct inside preserve me from others
and from you, and from the individual
you are calling me to be…
Someplace deep inside I fail to like
the individual you created me to be:
I deny my strengths and goodness,
seeing solely faults and failings,
whereas my items are left unopened
and my skills waste away…
On this maze of ideas and emotions,
I really feel misplaced with no means out:
I would like you, Lord,
to guide me and information me,
mend me and heal me
– from the within out-
’til I am complete and I am made holy
by your grace and by your contact,
by your Spirit, love and mercy…
Rebuild me from the underside up,
renew me along with your presence,
recreate me from the within out
and make of me, O Lord, a worthy shelter
in your holy, saving title…
Shield me, Lord, whereas I am awake
and watch over me after I sleep
that awake, I would preserve watch with you
and asleep, relaxation in your peace…
Amen.
You might be all I’m not
You might be all that I’m
Break down these partitions
Take all my brokenness
Rebuild me to shelter your title
You might be all I’m not
You might be all that I’m
Jesus, break down these partitions
Take all my brokenness
Rebuild me to shelter your title
Assist me forgive myself
Assist me to raise the cross
I’ve laid upon my soul
Assist me to have a look at myself
By way of your eyes
To see all I’m
And nonetheless be happy
Assist me forgive myself
Refrain
Inside my secrets and techniques, Jesus
There you reside
And I would like you to reconcile
To resume all that is inside
For if I need to love you
Then along with your love, Jesus
I need to love myself humbly, too
Refrain
