Collision In The Making

If the eyes are the gateway to the soul, then what do You see in me

Will You meet me at the golden gates or turn Your face from me

From the start to the end, I’ll only write my life in ink

Mistakes and failures teach what should never be erased

Written down permanently, take Your place

This is not perfection, this is a new surrender

Destroy everything I know, the desert or the snow, faithfulness still remains within the pain

The nights spent screaming, begging You to show, begging You to help me grow

Am I never abandoned, am I never alone, in my days when I feel unknown

When darkness begets darkness, when faith begets faith

Will you take me or make my grave the bed I lay

Every question, every doubt, these are mine to bear

Your words are hard to hear when You speak so softly

I am not afraid to die

I’m afraid that You’ll say depart from me, for I never knew you

Could You part the sea and bring it down on me as You pull me from the deep

The cynicism's domain, where doubt rules night and day

Does this burden You give me put me one foot in the grave

Or is it only for the brave

You call me to step into uncertainty and I’ll walk into the fire, burn away other desires

Great faith is forged 

When love like fire comes down, consume me,

So that only soul remains with this honest heart until the body is made new, until I see You

A field of faith, seeds planted, taking nothing for granted

I will step into the dark and follow through, break me down until I know You

Burn away the flesh, so only the soul is bare until the day I see You there

Spit into the mud and heal my eyes to see the blood in me

The shattered broken soul is a sign of the will to rebuild

I am ascendant, not by my strength alone, I am ascendant by grace alone

Separate skin, bone and soul, you’ll see who lives in me

The veins of grace flow into my heart to wash it clean

I am ascendant, the night has its place, as does the day

Lord God, I plant my flag, may faith remain in all of my days