Thursday, November 29, 2007

• Fragile

  Currently Listening All I Really Want for Christmas By Steven Curtis Chapman see related

  What shuts down inside me
  That insists I’m fine
  When I’m ready to shatter
  I feel so fragile
  One more thing I’m scared of
  About to crumble
  One ray of heat and I’ll dissolve
  What am I but a vapor?
  Grass that withers
  A flower that fades
  The cracking bits cling together
  Glued with powdering paste
  This is reality
  This is the face of truth
  I am nothing
  But Christ is everything
  Jesus’ is the victory
  That shatters my façade
  Crushing my walls
  An overwhelming flood
  Undermining my fragile safety
  Leaving my failures exposed
  Glass must be shattered to make cathedral windows
  A seed must die before it yields the crop
  An aloe must be crushed to give forth its balm
  A heart must be broken to glorify God
  Jesus delights in gathering my failure to exult Himself
  To reflect Him, these mirrors must be exposed
  So hold my heart, Jesus
  My fragile, terrified, shattering self
  Make me beautiful within
  The glory of the King
  Light catching rough edges to glimmer from them
  Notes twisting to trill in exulting ornament
  Your treasure in this jar of clay
  Shattered for Your name
  Praise to You, victorious Jesus!

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