Redeemed and Free and Known and Loved

I give you all my dreams and hopes and plans, Lord. With open hands I come and stand. Please. Take them all.

Mold them. Make them. Plan. Create them. Into what You want for me. Dream the dreams You dream for me. At Your feet I fall.

Deeper still I long to go. To follow where You lay the road. You take my load. I take Your yoke. The easy one of which You spoke. My burden I drop down.

I lean into Your embrace long. Color my life with victory’s song. My hand in Yours, we stroll along. In Your love I am undone. All this and then a crown!

I rest in You by quiet stream-Refreshes me, oh glory’s beam, I tell You of my heart and dreams. And how I really want what You desire for me.

You listen. You never leave. You wait and care so patiently. You care about my soul….and me. You know who You created me to be. You take full delight in me. You care because of Who You are and what I mean to You. 

Endured cross. What shame and loss. Left Father’s side. And heaven too. To do what You were called to do. And You have dreams and plans for me-how can it be? I feel so blind and lost at times, like I have missed what You desire for me- and how my heart so deeply longs to bring You glory all along-oh, all along the way.

You are my hope. You are my stay. To know You more and more I pray. Infuse my life in every way. In every day.

When I fall down, please pick me up. Brush me off. Speak words of love. Catch my tears. Bottle them up. Because You care that much. Because I’m Yours.

My heart explodes. It can’t contain. The joy and happiness within. As mercies like a gentle rain, Pour down on me. My face upturned, I soak it in. I dance and spin, My head thrown back. I wear a grin. With waving hands, with abandon. Oh, sweet, sweet rain, all warm and free, it settles sweetly around me. For I am free!! Oh, I am free!! God’s great grace. Endless mercy. He’s chosen me.

He’s chosen YOU.

Call out to Him. Invite Him in. He’s waiting just to hear you call. In whispers soft or pleading loud. It matters not. Just that He’s sought. And asked to be your all. Confess the name of Jesus Christ. He is your stay. He is your life. Believe. Confess. Be baptized. Be washed anew. REDEEMED. Redeemed in Christ. 

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