Thursday, December 13, 2012

You are good when there's nothing good in me


You are good, You are good when there's nothing good in me.  You are love, You are love on display for all to see.  You are light, You are light when the darkness closes in. You are hope, You are hope. You have covered all my sin.  You are peace, You are peace when my fear is crippling.  You are true, You are true, even in my wandering.  You are joy, You are joy, You're the reason that I sing.  You are life, You are life. In You, death has lost its sting.

I am learning to look not to myself and all the lack there, but to look to the Lord and His abundance.  Instead of saying, "there is nothing good in me, woe is me, I'm so terrible, blah, blah, blah," I am to turn my eyes to Jesus and say, "You are good."  When the darkness closes in, I am to say, "You are light."  When my fear is crippling, I am to say, "You are peace."  When I am happy and feel like singing, I am to say, "You are joy."  

I'm running to Your arms, I'm running to Your arms, the riches of Your love will always be enough. Nothing compares to Your embrace. Light of the world, forever reign.

How am I able to do this?  How am I able to look not to myself, my lack, my darkness, my fear?  I run to His arms.  The riches of His love will always be enough.  I don't need to do more or be better.  The riches of His love will always be enough.  So, I run to His arms, and I tell Him all the lack I see, I tell Him how I feel inferior and not good enough, I tell Him all the ways I feel hurt and unloved.  Then I let Him love me.