Jordan Mentz

I need to let go of things/I need to give you full control/of my life because I cannot direct it anymore/as I let go of the things/I thought would sustain me/the things that wouldn’t last/I need to let go of the things/that don’t matter in this life/everything that I realize I put too much stock/in what the eye can see/

Let go of myself/my selfish desires/and my dreams of yesterday/because if I delight myself in You oh Lord/you will give me the desires/of my heart/so I ask myself many questions/like what have I trusted in/that has left me empty and hopeless/and if this is how it feels/I choose to let go/

The things that I’ve held on to/all my life it seems/that I am reaching and grabbing nothing/the possessions I tried to gain/are worthless and will burn/all I am asking is for you to help me let go/so many times/I try to take what I can get/it leaves me feeling void and helpless/

When I let go/of the things in the past/then I can move forward/I know if I keep on looking back/I will miss what’s in store for me/and if I cannot see what’s ahead of me/and I keep grasping for air/I will only grab nothing/and what have I to gain/if I gain this world/and lose myself/

I want to hold the hands that bleed forgiveness/and I want my heart to hurt for the lost/I know I want to grow closer to God/but so many times my actions don’t line up/with what I say or do.

I find myself grasping for earthly things/that will soon rust and fade away/when I can take hold of the hands/that bleed with love/it doesn’t make sense to me/to live for this world/

When I truly walk hand in hand with you/then my actions will reflect your heart/and when I hold your hands/I find healing of my soul/and by your stripes we are healed/from the things that hurt/

Holding the hands that bled with forgiveness/and seeing the heart that bleeds with love/and touching your wounds by which I am healed/I find my strength in you when I hold the hands that bled