BECAUSE HE LOVES

THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THAT SUNNY DAY

WHERE YOU TUGGED ON MY HEART

AND I GAVE IT AWAY.

I MAY HAVE ONLY BEEN A SMALL CHILD,

AND I WASN'T ALLOWED

TO WALK TO THE ALTER.

BUT YOU CHANGED MY HEART

RIGHT WHERE I STOOD,

TEARS OF ACCEPTANCE RUNNING DOWN MY FACE

NOT UNLIKE THE BLOOD YOU SHED IN GRACE.

MY HOME LIFE AT THE TIME

WAS FULL OF HATRED, VIOLENCE AND TURMOIL.

BUT YOU GAVE ME A PLACE,

SOMEWHERE TO TURN

WHEN THINGS GOT TOO HARD

TO BARE ON MY OWN.

I STILL TO THIS DAY HAVE QUESTIONS OF WHY

YOU PLACED SUCH A SENSITIVE CHILD

IN THAT SNAKE PIT THEY CALLED A HOME.

SOMETIMES, THOUGH, I CAN SEE A SLIVER OF HOPE

AND KNOW THAT YOU'VE TURNED THINGS AROUND

SO I CAN OPEN MY ACHING HEART

AND SHARE WITH OTHERS

THAT MAY BE IN THE SAME BOAT.

IF YOU ARE IN THAT SHIP OF RECKLESSNESS,

WAVES POUNDING AND DETERMINED

TO TEAR THE WHOLE THING DOWN,

FEELING AS IF YOU CAN'T BREATH,

READY TO DROWN,

MY PRAYER IS THAT YOU CAN SEE I'M STILL ALIVE.

YES, I HAVE SCARS, BOTH OUTSIDE AND IN,

BUT THE ONE THING THEY COULDN'T TAKE AWAY

IS MY DESIRE TO HELP

AND SHOUT FROM THE ROOFTOPS

GOD'S LOVE AND HUMANITY,

NEVER PUTTING US THROUGH

ANYTHING THAT HE HIMSELF

HASN'T EXPERIENCED FIRST HAND.

NEVER FORGET THAT NO MATTER WHAT

JESUS LOVES YOU WITH ALL OF HIS LIFE

AND HIS HEART.