You knew me before I was even formed
In my mother’s womb YOU made room
For one more who would believe in YOU
Continued to love me to see me through
My sin I pursued and youthful rebellion onward stormed despite how YOU warned
Into intensity of heat of the world’s intimacy to words on the street
Turned up the degrees of hostility found to be in misery
With my wayward feet fell to the enemy in defeat
Into a deep dark pit fallen asleep almost quit in fear and deceit
Suicidal thoughts unwanted inside my mind accrete; stunned so low that I even think to delete my heartbeat
Stuck in the mud and mire as faith depletes; my only desire to be with YOU greet
Come to Your mercy seat pleading in repentance retreat
To follow inspired entreat to be rewired and made complete
Walking in the land of the living discreet no longer full of conceit
As a hired hand in wounded defeat left humbled, deathly tired, needing YOUR Spirit again to replete
To no longer ever go and repeat where my soul knows shame and guilt spiral downward beat
Brought me out and up upon YOUR shoulder in rescue toward home restoring me again as a son where Life giving Word and Salvation meet
Giving me compassion with mercy and grace freed after my about face and erase my evil as far as east to west no longer trace; YOUR voice now to heed
New strength indeed awaits my pace in the race with YOUR perfect love to replace fears encased and my inner soul restore to daily feed
Taste and see that the LORD is good; would prove faithful and true making all things new in continual praise all my days letting YOU lead
