Jordan Mentz

So many people want things to be easy
Trying so hard to make ends meet
I wanted all the pain to go away
I wouldn’t have to cry wolf any longer

Why can’t the Christian walk be easy
Answering myself by the blood given on the cross
Looking at everything gained as loss
Trying to save my Savior from the bloodshed because of me

Why can’t the world understand the world we live in
Trying to comprehend the impossible will only leave us in a state of confusion
Thinkin’ that the walk was only a mile would be alot easier
But then I remembered that you told us to go the extra mile

I am sleeping so soundly
my head against my pillow
nothing on my mind, and it’s just me and my Lord
Looking at the ceiling, thinking of what I could’ve been
Trying to chase these feelings out of my mind so that I can sleep
I am twisting and turning, trying to get comfortable

Laying awake looking at the sky
Asking myself why did you have to die for a sinner such as I
Looking at the clock, telling me just 5 more minutes til I have to wake up
I want to hit the snooze, just one more time slip into my unconscious mind one last time
But something keeps whisperin’ whisperin’ my name, telling me to take on the day
Can’t really answer it, because I am half asleep but hearing it so crystal clear

I sit up, wake up, stand up, get up
Telling the voices in my head to shut up
Don’t ever realize that the voices in my mind, are of you Lord
I so many times, try to filter you out pretending you don’t exist
Do I ever really just let you speak to me, or do I always hear what I want you to say

Wake up from your unconscious state
Wanting to make a difference
Catching the people who fall asleep at the wheel
Watching them careen into nothing
Asking why didn’t I tell them to wake up

Inspired by Leeland

Shopping in the store looking in the mirror, wonderin’ how I look in these pants
There is so much emphasis placed on personal appearance
But there have been a lot of misperceptions, about what looking good will get you
How do I look is not the question we should be asking

How do I look to you Lord
How does my behavior reflect that of my maker
You see me as white, even when others look at me and say unclean
Washed in the blood of the lamb, who has redeemed me

How does my heart look to you
What does it mean to live for eternity
The life I live here in the body
Will fade away in light of your glory

Sometimes I find myself floating around in reality
Trying to step on something while knowing there is nothing
My feet I thought so firmly planted, turned out to be standing on the air
I wanted to love you, but I didn’t think you cared

I want to stand for you on my own two feet
Trying to keep my feet on the ground and they want to keep on running away
But I know that there is so much love between you and me
You long to be with me, so I am asking you to help me stand on my own two feet

Has it been a long time since I asked you for help
Have you been waiting for me all the time I was gone?
My heart so confused sometimes, didn’t even notice it was straying from you
I didn’t want to admit it, but now I am helpless but you have taught me to depend on you