Jordan Mentz

I know you want me to minister to the broken
But so many times, I want to pretend they don’t exist
I don’t know how many times I have seen people hurting and turned the other way
I wanted to help them, but didn’t because I thought someone else would.

You command us oh Lord to stand beside the broken
Lifting them up in every way we can
So I am asking you to teach me how I can stand beside the broken
Amidst my busy, hectic, chaotic life.

I find it so easy to sing about the broken,
and at the same time I find it so hard to actually put these words into motion
a command that people pretend applies to everyone but them
This is not right, but that’s how people live sometimes

Hearing only what they want to hear, and shielding the rest out
Trying to hurt for the hurting, and sharing in your suffering
Trying to live for you, but only doing what I want
There is so much more to life than words, but it involves us leaping into action.

I am asking you to come fill this place…with your presence…
As I come to this place I see that…your children singing praises…
I didn’t know that so many different faces…could be together with one purpose…
to bring your name praise…to bring your son glory…

I want to sing praises to the only one…who is worthy…
of all I have to give…I love my Father and he loves me…
how could I be so loved…I feel like dancing and I feel like singing…
Walking through the canyons…looking up and seeing stars…

There have been times…when you have seemed so distant…
I knew you were with me…but I had trouble finding you…
Standing right beside me holding my hand…but my vision had become too cloudy…

Inspired by a joke Katie and Jeremy pulled on me, tonight saying that they were going to break up, but having it all planned out and in the end teaching me to guard my heart.

So many times I allow my heart to be vulnerable because I want to help
But there are sometimes when you have to look both ways before you help your friends
Your heart may become the punchline of a “harmless” joke
Trying to give advice really drains someone emotionally and then when you look back,
They said it was a joke, but playing with someone’s heart never is the right thing to do
I need to look at the people with a cautious eye before I offer my advice
As a child of God, I am to protect my heart and want to save it for my wife
trying to help others out, but realizing there is a time and place
If you don’t watch out it blows up in your face
Trying to protect the thing that keeps you breathing
But wanting to be vulnerable will only leave me seething
I wanted to help in the midst of the heartache,
But then you realize that it’s your life at stake
is it really worth it, to let others use your heart as a punching bag
Then get up and play another game of cherades
I wanted to be real to tell others how i feel
It is then I realized the theif comes to destroy and steal
I realized tonight that I am loved by my maker
I know that it is a lesson a virtue learned in time.

Standing next to you…thinking to myself how blessed I am to have you in my life…
I didn’t want to rush it…because I didn’t want to miss it…
When you smile, I’ve got to say…it is like the sun shining down my way…
I just wanted to let you know…that my feelin’s were going to show someday…
Wanted to hide them because of fear of rejection…every time I look at you, I see God’s reflection…
How can it be…that there is a girl who is meant for me…
I keep on asking God…to make her what He wants her to be…
There is a new element of hope…that I see within your eyes…

How was I supposed to know…that everytime I see you my face glows…
I wanted to tell you what I felt…the cards I was playin’ I was dealt…
I didn’t know this joy I feel…when we share together you know my lips are sealed…
I want you to remember that when you smile…my day gets better…

Inspired by Steve Miller Band “Dance, Dance, Dance” off the album “Young hearts: Complete Hits”