Jordan Mentz

You offered me hope/this world offers nothing/you offer me healing/and this world gives me pain/and all I have to give/all I have to offer/to you is my entire heart/and I give you my mind/please continue to remind me/the gift you’ve offered me/

You have offered me your hand/when I offered you my back/I gave you what was left/when you gave your all to save me/I offer you this heart/for you to remove/I don’t want you to fix it/but I need you to change it/so many selfish motives/burning on the inside

You offered me new life/when this world is giving me death/you offered me a chance to spend/eternity with you/I look at myself each moment/and I am looking back on times/when I have not been fully/devoted to your calling me apart/I am making a statement/I am offering this life/to be used for your glory from now on

The gift you gave to me/is so great/all I can do is share it/and show others/the love you offer to them/even if they don’t accept it/even if they turn away/the gift that you have given will never go away/the love will never disappear/but you will draw near to the broken hearted/and the lost and dying world.

As a father loves his children/as a father is willing to sacrifice for them/as a father pours out his love upon them/as a father does anything to protect them/let us never forget what you have done/let us never forget you are the Son/let us never forget you’ve won the battle for us/

As a father is willing to lay down his life/as a father is there for his children/as a dad shows his love and affection/and I thank you Lord for showing me/what is like to have a father/as you show me a glimpse of your power/let me never forget you love me/as a father would/

There are many times/as your children/we run away from you/but you wait for them/with outstretched arms/so many time I have fallen apart/and so many times it is you who put me back together/when I fall on my face/it is by your grace/that I can get back up/and see you/

As a father/teach me to love/the way a father would/and I am asking you/to teach me to care/the same as a father/and teach me to listen/as a father would/and teach me to hurt/as a father would hurt/over his lost child/teach me oh Lord to cry as a father would/I thank you for being my father.

Tears fill my eyes when I see the world today/I have broken so much/and I have been crying for so long/that I cannot cry/I hurt when I see this world/going astray from the way of truth. I am so weak/so I need your strength/this is hard for me/I need you to give me your heart/and I need you to give me the strength to cry again.

Tears fill my eyes to a point my visions blurry/everything I see is effected because of these tears that cannot fall/I don’t know how to explain this/but I have nothing left/all my tears have been dried up/because I’ve been crying for so long/and I am yearning to let your name be great/and to break for the nations again/

I long to cry/because I don’t want this world these world’s lies/and each time I look at the paper/it seems somebody else has died/and I have seen the hurt/that this world has because of the fall/so I am offering you/giving you my all/I cannot cry enough to/bring this world back/but I pray for you to work/in their hearts.

Tears fill my eyes/and I can’t even imagine/the way you must hurt/the heart you have for your children/but I am asking for your heart/so that I can know where you want me to start/there are so many times/I wish this world would change/but I am praying for you to bring about a change

I keep trying to live this life on my own/but I know I can’t live without you/so each time I try to live on my own/bring me back to you/and I can hear your voice/calling me home/and I can see you chasing/after me when I am trying to run away/I am tired of living this life on my own/

On my own/my life is worth anything/and on my own/I cannot see the grace you have shown me/I am asking for you to open my eyes/before I try on my own any longer/I know I cannot live this life on my own/I have fallen so many times/when I try but I need to learn/to give you my life/

There are many times/I try to live on my own/but I am praying that/I can show your manifest glory/and the grace that you have given to me/is this to much to ask of you/I no it isn’t because I want to make/your name great and take/your message every where you have me go/

On my own/all my actions are pointless/on my own/I fall down and cannot get back up/but I am asking for you to teach me/I cannot do it on my own/in light of your mercy/I long to be lost in you/and I know you will find me/and I want to stop living this life/on my own/

You are my hope/you are my peace/you are my strength/when I cannot stand on my own two feet/there are many ways to describe/this love you have shown me/but if I spend all my time explaining all you’ve done/I would run out of time/and I find my hope/in bringing you glory in my life.

My hope is not of this world/because the grace you give/is so far beyond what the mind can comprehend/and my hope is so steady/even when I feel like there is no one around me/I know the mercy you gave/will help me let you be my hope/and I know that there are many times/I fall down.

You give me a purpose/you’ve given me a passion/you’ve given me a hope/that I take to heart/and I need you to survive/and I know you will sustain me/there will be hard times/and I long to hear from you/because I place my hand within your love/and I give all I am to hear you say well done/

There are many times/I forget to pray/to give you this day/and I choose to stray away/because I have not remembered that you are my hope/my future and my life/I try to become great/by how I live on Earth/then you remind me/that I need to be the least/this is so hard to grasp/

As I look at the ocean/I thank you for the waves/they are so beautiful/and you’ve allowed me just a glimpse of you/I feel the water the sand between my toes/I know you are the only one/who knows the number/of the grains of sand/how precious to me are your thoughts/they would out number the grains of sand/

The waves of the ocean/proclaim your glory/and the sand you made for your pleasure/how can I ever begin to comprehend/how much is your love for me/I can not begin to perceive/the amount of love/you have shown me/you made your creation to glorify your name/

The salt in the ocean causes me to tingle/and I am asking of you to give me/the same feeling when proclaiming/your name unto all the earth/and as I learn about the ocean/may I always remember/how much you love me/you made the waves of the ocean/to bring you glory/

The whole purpose/of my existence is to/glorify you and to make your name great/as I look at the countless waves/and the sunrise in the morning/as I soak in your word/I am asking you to/have the same effect that salt has/as I drink more of your water/make me more thirsty for you/