Just Me Standing Before You

Stillness is sweet.
Quiet a blessed retreat
Hurting, aching heart,
Shallow, selfish thoughts
Pain that ebbs, tears that flow
Cries that come, then they go
I feel this need to fall down on my knees,
Humility seeks to cover me but pride's still getting the best of me
You're standing there, in front of my broken me
A mess of conspired hopes, self-centered dreams, driven wants and tricky needs,
People I wanted to have, places I was determined to be,
But in the presence of your purposes
What I want is so not what I need.
I'm at the end of myself once again, face to face with who I've come from and where I need to be
The hope of this heart that so easily deceives me needs to be completely free of me
I don't just need less of me, I need none of me,
Only simply my surrender given finally
Devices down, motivations turned off, 5-year plans unpacked and dissembled at the Cross

All of you is what I want
My heart's breaking for a better start
All of you is what I need
All of you
All in me
All of you
All I can see
All of you
Making me free

Take the pebbles that are the pieces of me, smooth them out, crush them strong, fashion me into a brand-new song, say what you want, do as you please, create in me more than just a simple melody, fashion a heart that's clean, restore the beauty inside of me, beckon me forward, just me standing before you, beckon me toward, just me humbled in view of you.

By Melody L. Copenny