Jordan Mentz

Pre chorus:
I am asking for you to give me grace
As I am watching this world fall around
I don’t know why you chose me to represent you
And I cannot understand why you love me

Chorus:
On my face before you
With my heart laid out before you
So many things to tell you
But when all is said and done I end up on my face

Verse 1:
Is this true that you let me come into your presence
This is so amazing to me because I don’t comprehend it
On my face is where I end up before you
At your feet I fall wanting for you to touch me

Verse 2:
On my face is a smile that reaches far beyond life
A love so real that it seems sort of supernatural
On my face is a reflection of the love you have for me
Help my life be a testimony of your love as I am falling on my face

Pre Chorus:
I do not know where this day began
I can barely tell when this day has come to an end
I want to begin anew and follow you
The time to begin is now even though I am scared

Chorus:
I choose to begin today and I give you my heart
Beginning now I want to serve you
No more waiting for tomorrow
I refuse to tell myself I will begin tomorrow

Verse 1:
The truth is I may not live to see the next day
Life is short so I need to make my time count
I want to live every moment for your glory
I cannot see the next step but I close my eyes for you to lead me

Verse 2:
In order to begin you need a starting point
I choose to begin living starting today
Not knowing what tomorrow will hold because
I cannot guarantee I will be around tomorrow

Pre chorus:
Shape me into the person you want
I am longing to be the clay
Help me remember that you are the potter
I am wiling for you take me and shape me

Chorus:
Shape my life by the trials of my day
Refine me through the fire and burn away all the sin
I know it will hurt to obey but I want you to shape me
Shape my life into the one you want me to be

Verse 1:
Build within me a heart of integrity, character and an attitude of humbleness
I need you to shape who I am when I fall asleep
The pain that follows is worth it if it means I can grow more moldable
I don’t understand what goes on in my mind

Verse 2:
So many times I do not want to let the potter mold me
I want to stay the way I am no matter how it is
There are times when I need to be refined
Tried through the fire to melt away the sin in my heart of stone

As I lay my life down at your feet
You whisper words to me oh so sweet
As I lay awake at night wondering what I did today
I need to quiet down to hear you say I love you
My eyes are shut but may my vision be fixed on you

I look around and I see all your creation
Staring, shouting, there is a God who cares for this lost generation
As lay awake looking into your eyes
Help me remember you paid the price for all my lies
Tired but I find my rest in you,

The days seem to get longer, harder
But as I look to you to entice me, they become easier
I know I am not perfect, but please help me learn from my mistakes
Mishaps happen, but You are there to rescue me when I am sick and crying
Please take my mangled life, bent and dying and replace it with a heart like yours

Pain for the lost who have never heard
A heart for the ill
For You watch them still
A mindset of suffering
Trusting you to bring me through

I lay my life down at the threshing ground
For you to scrape away all the impurities this broken heart has
Please refine me with your blood, rushing all around me with your flood
There is no place that I find more meaning, then meeting with my creator
This is where I find true healing, looking into your eyes I can see you smiling

Open up my ears to hear your whisper
It may come in a flame or a wind, but help tune my ears
As I block out every other fear
I have nothing on my own,
But as I look back at missed opportunities I’ve blown
Bring me back to the cross, where true love was shown for me

Pre Chorus: I have come to the end of my rope
I keep on trying to grab false hope and I keep on falling
When I come to the end of the rope
Then I know there will be someone to hold me

Chorus: Reaching up and grasping nothing but the air around me
I have come to the end of the rope because I need something strong
The end of the rope is a scary place to be because I am falling
But the end of myself is where I want to be so you can hold me

Verse 1: The end of my rope is where I learn to trust
No matter what I try to grab hold of I wind up on my knees
Before I can understand what it means to be caught I must come to the end of my rope
and let go of all the things I love

Verse 2: As the rope that I am holding onto comes unraveled
And as the ground approaches faster and faster I realize I am falling
I am letting go and waiting for your arms to catch me I know that if
I grab a hold of you, I will be safe and secure

“I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’ Isaiah 65:1 (NIV)

Pre Chorus:
I don’t deserve this privilege because I cannot earn it on my own
To spend time with my creator and to rest in your presence
I cannot understand how you love me for who I am
There are times I have not been who you’ve called me to be

Chorus:
Here am I wanting to seek you in my darkness
You came to find me saying here am I
Even when I did not search for you and wanted to forget you
You called me home and you told me “Here am I”

Verse 1:
I did not choose you because I am nothing on my own
You set me apart before the beginning and you will come until the end
There is nothing holding me back right now
Because God you are my strength

Verse 2:
Is this how it was meant to be
I want to seek you but my pride keeps me from coming
I can’t express my joy completely using these words
You have revealed to me who you are, when I don’t deserve it

Pre Chorus:
I find myself questioning is the word of God really true
I know that every single word you speak Lord is true
I can not seem to get away from what I know is true
I stray and I stumble on the lies of this world

Chorus:
This much is true I want to live sold out to you my Lord
No matter what happens in my life I will profess your word to be true
One thing I know is that you died for my sins
This is true how can it be that you loved me so much

Verse 1:
There are many times I have wanted to give up
But you didn’t let me because what you say is true
The words in the Bible are always true
But I know you are really the only thing that remains true

Verse 2:
Is it true that you love me the way you do
Because the love you have shown is like no other
The expression of your love is so pure and true
I cannot comprehend this kind of sacrifice

Pre chorus:
When I look into your eyes
I see peace I see love
Your eyes reflect your heart
The light in your eyes has let me see

Chorus:
I gaze into the eyes of the one created me
I am blown away by the fire that burns for your people
I see your love because you have shown me what love is
There is so much love in your eyes and it sees through all my lies

Verse 1:
Into your eyes I look and I see the love behind the cross
I fix my eyes on what your word says
And I refuse to settle for anything less
There are many times when I want to give up

Verse 2:
You wouldn’t let me sell myself short
And everything I wanted before seems meaningless
I met you now my life has turned around
I long to hear you even when you don’t make a sound

Pre Chorus:
I want to hold your hand
But I find my self not trusting
Each time I reach out to grab myself
I slip and fall away from what I was once grabbing onto

Chorus:
Hold your hand as you hold my life
When I grab a hold of your hand and see your love
Then I can see your sacrifice
I cannot believe you have offered me your hand

Verse 1:
I do not know what I was thinking
Because I tried to grab something that offered me hurt and pain
When I could have reached out to hold the hands of love
The hands that bleed forgiveness for my sins

Verse 2:
Hold my hand because I have fallen away again and looked at the waves
I have been trying to find the way without you
Hold my heart and heal this pain that is driving me insane
I want to hold your hand and I want to grip the meaning of your scripture

Pre Chorus:
So many times I have turned away
Away from your plan for my life
There are many areas I have refused to give you
I cannot understand how you want to know me

Chorus:
I fall away from your plan and spit in your face
Yet you love me for who I am
I have forgotten your name and forsook who you are
Yet you love me though I curse your name with my actions

Verse 1:
You have given me a spirit of hope
You bled with forgiveness to buy me back from the grip of sin
I cannot comprehend all you’ve done so you could love me
Though I am weak, you choose to use me for your kingdom

Verse 2:
Though I can never thank you enough
I can give you this life and all I am
Yet you love me through the thick and thin
Even when I have hated all you are, yet you love me