If
Location
If the light in my eyes
And the laugh in my voice
Ever fail to shine through
It will not be by choice.
If the dance in my heart
And the song on my lips
Ever start to fade out
I will have failed Him.
The only truly faultless part
Of my heart and my soul
Comes from a God Who
Has made my life whole.
I could write about the things
That make me the same as you--
My likes and dislikes, anything else
That makes my human nature true.
But none of that matters more
Than acknowledging the One
Who from my broken past
Has a new work begun.
My heart was once shattered,
My soul drifting oft,
But then Jesus found me
And touched my life so soft.
The Hands of the Master
Recrafted my heart,
Changed my behaviour
And gave me a new start.
It is only from His Enduring Love
Made new each day I rise,
That my once-broken heart is whole
And there's a smile in my eyes.
The rest of my life
Is perfectly flawed,
True only by the Grace
Of the Everlasting God.
One would look at me and wonder
What God could do,
With a life so broken, so hurt,
So despairingly un-new.
But God works best
Through those simply willing
To let Him use them
As His Light Shining.
So every day as I smile
And try to meet the eyes
Of others, like me,
Who are broken inside;
I'll be able to share
The one truth that saved me
From the depths of despair:
My Father's the King!