1 Chronicles 29:14

Who am I, dear God in heaven?
Who are we that we are able to worship You

You who gave me a voice to sing
hands to clap
arms to raise
feet to dance
head to bow
knees to bend.

You gave me these things
so that I would be even worthy enough
to give all of these things back to You
to simply worship you

I am not worthy, Lord.

For every time I fall and stumble
and every time I fail,
I end up face down
with a mouth full of dirt,
lips cut opened,
chest pressed in,
and with cheeks covered in tears.

In my loneliness
and darkness
and despair
I cry out
I will sing to You, O Lord
I will sing of your goodness and your mercy

In the hopes
of my praises to You
that you would kneel down
to lift me up
as I struggle to cling to Your robe
and I wrap my arms around you.

With my heart broken,
I will say,
I’m sorry
God of mercy!
Save me.
I am worthless without You.
there is no one else for me
I love you, my Lord.

In that precious moment,
that my ears strain for the words I am so desperately to hear.
How sweet is the sound when I hear those words from Your lips:

I have you
I got you
I am not going anywhere
I have always been here
There is nowhere else I rather be
than here with you.
I will fix you
I will heal you
I will help you
I love you, my beautiful child
and nothing will ever come between us.

5 Comments so far

  1. Ric Booth on August 15th, 2008

    Whoa Joe! Thanks for this poem/psalm/recent conversation with God.

  2. gchyayles on August 15th, 2008

    Thank you for this. Ric linked me to you saying that it may be something that would bless me in my current situation. Have a blessed day and again, thank you for blessing me.

  3. Joe Louthan on August 16th, 2008

    I am glad I could be a blessing.

  4. nicole on August 26th, 2008

    again i am staring @ your words and wondering how you could reach inside my heart and explain to me what i am feeling….

    thank you

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