connect.

I see you




Sitting alone over there

Fear sings lullabies softly in your ears

Sit back, observe

Hope that no one draws near




You think it's safer to fly solo

I do understand why

It's hurt you before

To care so deeply, to try




Please listen, little one

My heart aches for you

I want you to see

What's accessible, good, and true




The best gift of all

Given to me was your heart

And welcoming my love

Chased away the dark




You've discovered fear flees 

At the perfection I feel toward you

Here at my feet

Trust blossoms, and hope renews




But out there, will it shift?

This question haunts and doubts accuse

Will others confirm, or deny 

The fear plaguing you?




Your walls keep you in

Contained and controlled

They keep people out

With dangers untold




It's all well and good if the goal is to hide


But, it's not My design to keep others away

To do life with Me, I'll call you out 

"Come walk the waves"




Isolation numbs the life I've stirred up inside

So, hear the truth

You're not alone, You do belong

You are my bride




One body, one church

One heartbeat, My masterpiece

You fit in the picture

So, let me show you My design




Feel my bloodline connect you, 

Surround you, console you

As they reach out

My arms enfold you




You're afraid to connect

And feel familiar chains bind you

Eyes up, look at me

You're mine and I've got you




They're not perfect, it's true

But neither are you

Transformation in process

Journey shared on common ground




It's not about them

Or even you for that matter

It's always been Me

My heart is what you're after




They carry My life

The same Spirit inside

My truth brushes their lips

I use their hands to guide, yours to assist




A smile, a touch

The connection is sweet

It's not them, It's not you

It's the fragrance of Me




They feel your pain

Cause' it's their own, they bear it too

Homeward bound but not home yet

Let camaraderie refresh you




Not sufficient on your own

But hidden in Me, another story

Knit together, bound securely

United for My glory




Pride blinds, so I'm healing you to see

You need Me in them, and in you, they need Me

Instead of pressure to perform

Let my truth ignite you




Resting and abiding

Mine first, you'll always be

Extending the love I have for you

Reaching out, setting free




Connect with them, seek My face

You might be surprised

Let me guard your heart

And watch Heaven and Earth collide




Connect, past pain surrendered

Expectations set aside

Dropping preconceived ideas

Hearing me above the lies

Connect to Me, my love

I'll connect you as My bride

"...speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love."

-Ephesians 4:15-16

"For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually, members one of another."

-Romans 12:4-5

"For through Him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord." 

-Ephesians 2:18-21

“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me." 

-John 17:20-23