Jordan Mentz

The poor will always be among us
So many times we ignore them because we see them as different
The needy people who don’t have the money we’re used to,
We want to avoid eye contact at every cost

I want to live for the poor
Give to the needy, who are hungry and thirsty for something more
I want to reach out and touch the poverty stricken,
I want to touch them with the hands of love

Speaking the Gospel sometimes seems so cliche’
but so many times we turn the other way
I don’t understand why God has chosen us to bless them
All we need to do is show them the love of Jesus

So many times, our health seems to be an obstacle instead of being thankful
We are glad we aren’t like them, and will do anything to keep it that way
But God wants to work in the city, and wants us to help them see
Who He is, and how they too can be free.

Searching through the rubble
the shattered remains of what is left of my broken heart
Playing my life with a pick that was left to millions of pieces
A heart is tender but there is room for growth

A potter shapes the pot and we are his precious clay
A guitar full of melodies, just waiting to be held
By someone who created it and knows how to make it come to life
A six string guitar, waiting to be strummed

A story of the life I was meant to live with Christ
The lyrics penned out by a master musician, who had a perfect reason for every ryhme
I want to express the way I truly feel, but at the same time should I keep it hidden from others
I know deep inside that God has a unique rythm for every note that He plays

But having my pick broken, for him to fix and mend
A Savior so real that he can take and heal
I ask myself the question why do I even bother
When in the end He is my eternal Father

I wanted to step out into the real world,
Explore this life on my own knowing that I may get lost,
For you have found me, when I couldn’t see where I was
I didn’t know you were looking

The world tries to feed me the lies,
that He will never you why would you matter
I didn’t know what true love was
Till I met you and you found me

To find you, I sent out a search party left the flock behind
You were the missing sheep, but I wanted you to know I missed you
I wanted you back so I could hold you
I wanted you here beside me so I could love you

Inspired by Audio Adrenaline “Leaving ninety-nine” off the album Worldwide.

How deep would I have to go to find what I am longing for
How bad would I have to hurt to find the thing that makes me happy
How far away do I need to drift away from the rescue of my heart
How much longer do I have to search for the one who can save me

Why did I think I would go unnoticed, when you created me
Why did I think I didn’t matter, when you gave your son for me
Why did I think I had to be sad, when you told me I could find true joy
Why did I get the impression that I was drowning with no one to save me

If my world came apart and felt like it was shattered
If my life came unglued before my very eyes
If my dreams were nothing but broken
If my universe was turned completely upside down

I would choose to come to you, and let you piece my world back together
I would want you to glue my life back with your love
I would give you my dreams and ask you to change the way I think
I would give you my sin and pain, and you would exchange them with grace and love.

Written after feeling extremely insecure about dressing up in girl’s clothes

There are times in this life when you’re thrown a curve ball
It is up to you whether you stand firm or fall
I know I am secure, within my savior’s arms
In his grasp nothing else should matter

So many times we get hurt by the things we choose to do,
and then we think we have every right to cast the blame on you
Yet you remain true, amidst the confusion and the anger
May you remind me that I am secure in who I am in you

But you tell me that there are times when this world will lie
and the things that seem to matter to me, make you cry
I choose not listen, because I get too comfortable living life on my own
Choose not to heed your instruction and forget the love that you’ve shown.

Still I will praise you, and even though nothing else matters and my world seems lost
I will remember who died on my behalf
even when the odds were against you you killed the fattened calf
I choose to listen and to remember who is holding my hand

When my day has been going downhill and I feel like I am slipping into the abyss
There are times I feel like Eeyore, and with each breath seems like such a waste
The moments I am down and am wearing a frown, needing some encouragement
Friends are so meaningful and offer me some comfort, when I feel like I am hiding in a basement

In a corner, shrunk up and trying to avoid being under the radar
When you come around with a smile that brightens up my rainy day
I wonder why I had been so down, but when I look at you I just got to smile
A story of my life, wishing for someone to come along and sing a song of love

Walking on the beach holding on to my friend, as we watch the waves beat upon the shore
sharing our memories with eachother, watching the sunset over the ocean
There is so much emotion, time and devotion, and it floods my mind with waves
Thankful that I am standing, strolling and talking, listening and laughing to your voice.

So many things going on in my world
I sometimes forget to stop and prioritize
Life gets cluttered with things that don’t matter
In a society where nothing is free

Sometimes I betray you for thirty pieces of silver
I want to say that I’m a follower of Christ
But many times my actions betray you
And I forget what you mean to me

If I reprioritize my life help me realize
the things I have given up and the
life you gave for me on Calvary
Though I didn’t accept it, you offered it free

Your grace and mercy has bought me forgiveness
Eyes of compassion shown a love so bright
Has shown me what it means to live
A life void of darkness shining in your light

I try to forget my past and keep on moving forward
Sometimes I try to hide my faults, and pretend they don’t exist
Trying to hide my imperfections, trying to make believe I am all that
I know that once I let go of my past, I look ahead to my future

As I try to put my past behind me, letting go of all the pain
I try to be open, with myself and others, but I keep coming up breathless
Taking my past with me where ever I go
I don’t want my past to keep me from my future

May today be the day I live free from my past, be able to live at last
I am giving up my past, to look ahead to the things ahead
I have been learning a lot from my past
But I give it to you at last

I try to come before you and giving you my past,
I don’t know how you do it, but you don’t hold it against me
As you open up my eyes, to help me fully see
I don’t understand the reason, but I thank you.

As I come running playing in the fields
You’re watching me because I am your child
I am so thankful that you have called me your own
I don’t know how to thank you enough

You look into my eyes, and you tell me for you I died
I look into your face Oh Lord, and I see the reason that you cried
I reach up to the skies, with my voice of praise
I worship you because you are worthy

Dancing in the meadows, singing with the birds
Laying in the darkness, praising you with my words
As I see the stars, I thank you for giving me a glimpse of who you are
I can’t explain this love that you give but I don’t have to

I am your child, and you have become my father
No matter where I go, I am your child, and you look at me as undefiled
If I chase after you, you will let me catch you, and if I feel like hiding
You will find me where I am at in my life.

I don’t know how to handle this awful tragedy
My mind trying to comprehend
My Jesus in the distance
Trying to see past the circumstance

I long to speak love to the families
When the world is telling us to hate the gunman
I don’t need another incident to realize that he needed love
People love and the world teaches us to hate the people who have wronged us

I cannot explain away the pain there is in this tragedy
As I find my meaning by singing a sweet melody
I don’t know why I can’t seem to express my hurt enough
I want others to know that I am praying and bleeding

I look into your eyes Jesus I see love and forgiveness
I try to hide all my emotions and pretend they don’t exist
Then my hands begin to tremble as I saw the media
I wanted to cry, and at times I did tear up with love for the families

Dedicated to the families of Virginia Tech