"Home" & "I Run to You"

 

Home
 
Secure and Confident
In who I am
        No pretense
        No need to strive, worry or be on guard
Accepted  -  Approved of
Loved
Celebrated
 
Imagine being so sure of how you will be received
That you are free
        Completely Unashamed
        Unafraid and Unintimidated
        Encouraged
        Guaranteed Praise
This is freedom

“For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere”*
 
I knock and you answer
I cry out and You hear me
Open arms greet me
 
I am here
At Home
With You, my God
 
 
 
*Psalm 84:10
 
 
 
 
 
 
I Run to You
 
I am running to your protection
You define my safety
I trust You
I take risks and I am stretched
Within Your protection, I can grow
 
I run to your power
I know the extent of my ability
But what You’ve put inside of me demands so much more
You are my “enough”
 
I run to your heart
Freedom and Security
I am fully accepted but challenged to not remain the same
Your view of me defines love
I am most alive and true with you
 
I run to Your presence
You welcome me as I am
Yet never leave me that way
My best self is when I stand within You
Facing the world with Your love
 
I run to You
I am here with You
I will remain even as I go
To love – To serve
To speak truth, life and hope
From here I go and here I will often return
 
I will run to You my tower
My safe place of abiding
 
 


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