Let Me Be

I drive to work on the most beautiful highway in the world - PCH (Pacific Coast Highway).  It's exactly what it its name describes - a highway that is right along the Pacific Coast.  This 30 minute drive is my thinking time, my praying time, my music time.

Tuesday I was driving to work, praying about my life, thinking about how much I want to go back to Haiti and this song came on.  It's a song called "Let Me Be" by my all time favorite band called Caedmon's Call.  I heard it once and then put it on repeat 3 more times until it sunk into my soul.  And now I've been living in it this week and this is my prayer:

"Lord, you are the maker of my heart.  The framer and reshaper of my soul.  Master and Creator, Healer and Sustainer, I will put my trust in you alone.  Teach me to be faithful to confess.  In this way my spirit will be blessed.  Though my sins are daily, you have loved me greatly, removing them as far as east from west. 

Let me be open, let me be humble, let me find the joy of my salvation in your cross.  Let me be broken whenever i stumble, let me remember the great mercy of my God.  

Give me the full measure of your grace, as it is reflected in the work.  Faith and reassurance, mercy and endurance - carry these to those who haven't heard. 

Let me be open, let me be humble, let me find the joy of my salvation in your cross.  Let me be broken whenever I stumble, let me remember the great mercy of my God. 

All I have needed, I lay at your table and all my achievements, I lay at your feet.  Alive in your spirit, I'm willing and able... make my joy complete.  

Let me be open, let me be humble, let me find the joy of my salvation in your cross.  Let me be broken whenever i stumble, let me remember the great mercy of my God."

When I think about IMPACT, about missions, about my recent trip to Haiti, I think about the line that says, "Faith and reassurance, mercy and endurance - carry these to those who haven't heard."  That is our job and that is why I love my job.  

We get the chance to offer the hope we have in Jesus Christ to people around the world - what a privilege.  Lord, let me remember the great mercy of my God today.