Jordan Mentz

I have been searching for so long
Thinking to myself there must be something more
Wanting to move closer to you, but falling away
Trying to figure out your call for my life,
Looking for something to sustain my deepest pain

So I turn to you, and lay it down at the foot of the cross
I have felt so far away, but trying to inch my way back
Never realizing that God was my closest friend
Failing to let Him change my heart, and mind from the inside
Having so many distractions to leave you, and so easily enticed

Didn’t know what God wanted to show me,
I seem to be swayed by the winds that seem to shake me
I didn’t want to say it, but it was bound to happen
I turned my back on you, and chose to walk away
Coming back knowing that you will hold me and embrace me

So many times there are things in this life that trip us up
Can’t see it coming, but somehow I know it will become an obstacle
Trying to gain our footing on something that is firm
Only to find out there were things that were keeping me from you

I keep on falling for things that aren’t of you
wanting to be held by the arms of this world
will only leave us more desperate looking for something more
Teach me what it means to fall for you into your perfect love

Can’t describe the joy inside when I am on something solid
No fear in slipping up, because I have been firmly grounded
I tried to find something but it was filled with imperfections
I wanted something that will hold me, and never let me go.

Inspired by Steven Potaczek falling during the concert at CCF on 2/23/08 at VU, at the end of the 30 hour famine.