YOU

YOU

Yesterday I shared some thoughts from a message I heard by Lou Giglio on
a John C. Maxwell tape. The following reading by Amena J. Brown is also
from that CD. It is a powerful expression of praise and thanksgiving for
our great God. I am printing it as it appears in the notes from
Injoy.com:

You
by Amena J. Brown

You find me when I'm hiding behind all my disguises. You see me.
It takes you to keep me breathing. You are heart. Passion. Vision. Word.
Incision. You send me and you bring me close. Close. Close. Closer . . .
Until you look at me you see you. You are heavenly. My present and
future destiny.
You are father. Creator. Sustainer. Life-changer. Pride-breaker. You are
yesterday, today and forever. You are pleasure. Your are worth. Reason.
Present in every season. You are worship. Devotion. You are the reason
for all my commotion.
You are the one that I pray to. You can tell that I'm nothing without
you.
So awesome that I can pray to you about you to know you,
To sense you, to believe you more -- to love you more -- to obey you
more --
to give you more of my heart.

Oh God search me, know me, see me, examine me, test me, love me,
watch me, protect me, show me, investigate me, be pleased with me.
Question me, keep me, change me, have me, correct me, take me,
Help me, create in me, break in on me. Be my reality, sustain me,
Decrease me,
decrease me, decrease me, decrease me, until there is no me left and
Only You! Only You! Only You!

You are light . . . are hope .... are love . . . are strength . . . are
escape . . .
rescue . . . safe. You are peace. You are belief. Your are advance and
retreat --
Of what, to what, to whom can I compare you? You are my all things new.
You are my place of refuge. Your are my fortress -- my rest -- my
creativity in the
strength of your words to me. You are my ability to see, hear, feel,
move, live,
breath, be. You are life and death all at the same time. You are friend.
You are
believer, Savior, Redeemer. You are today, tomorrow, and the next day .
. .
and the next day and the next day and the next day. You are truth. You
transcend old
age and youth. You are timeless, priceless, lightness in darkness,
greatness,
goodness, sinless. And in a mess like my life, you see righteousness.
You leave me speechless. YOU ALONE!

Powerful words to ponder as we begin this new week. Have a great week IN
CHRIST.