Jordan Mentz

We all want to be loved and we all need something to follow
Sometimes there are things that seem to cloud our vision of what love is
Love take my hand, and lead me to the cross
Show me what it means to give it all for love

Love take my hand; gently hold it as it holds my heart
Love I am asking you to take the lead
Love is what I am looking for; sometimes all I find is hurt
Things I thought would offer me love in return; turn out to force hurt upon me

You love me
You love me
Love take my life and make it what you want
Love may it be what you have planned

You are the definition of love Lord
You are the meaning of love my God
I ask what is the story behind love and
You tell me the story of what happened on Calvary

I was looking for something mushy; you showed me how love needed to be tough
I was looking for something to find me; you showed me that I had to lose myself
I was looking for something that would satisfy me; and you showed me it’s not about me
I was looking for something that was ordinary; and you showed me something that lasts

Have you been lookin’ for love in all the wrong places
Have you been lookin’ for love to fill the empty spaces
Have you been searchin’ for meaning of the word; tryin’ to figure out how to show it
Have your hopes been dashed; or have you given up on love altogether

Inspired by Tenth Avenue North’s Song “On and on” off the Album ‘Light meets the Dark’

She comes into the room and stands in the corner
Longing; wanting; hoping to be noticed
Wonderin’ if anyone would notice if she disappeared from the party scene
Darkness seemed to invade the very depths of her soul

There is hope; for you girl; there is life in feeling broken
Shattered heart and all; come as you are; come lay your heart at the cross
Light awaits you at the end of this tunnel; God will give you the strength you need
There is life for you; but you need to let your’s go; give it to Jesus; let Him have it

In the corner, where the walls come together; no need to feel trapped;
You feel like the war inside you is tearin’ your heart apart
You feel like there must be more to life than tears and suffering
You feel like the weight on your shoulders will crush you

The corner of your life you don’t want others to see
The corner of your life you don’t want to clean
The corner of your soul where you know you’ve got cobwebs
The corner of your life that has you enclosed within the lies that trap you

There is hope of being rescued
There is hope of watching the corners of your self-inflicted cage come crashing down
A place that was once dark; filled with light; a place of hurt; now a place of healing
A place that was hidden from others; a place that has been redeemed by his blood

Inspired by Tenth Avenue North’s Song “Who you are” off the Album ‘Light meets the Dark’

So many walls around me; I thought they would protect me
So many rooms that I have created; thinkin’ to myself no one will ever see
So many places in my life where my sin hides; knowin’ that it needs to collide with truth
So many compartments, excuses, selfish ambitions, and hopeless dreams reside

At the cross; the light collides with my sin; a beautiful collision
At the cross; a dark man on the inside; as white as snow; yet covered by your blood
At the cross; a fallen man who found out what it means to let sin collide;
At the cross; you invite me to come; to be your child;

I don’t know why I live in the dark; I guess it was all I knew
Til I made the decision to bring my sin out into the light;
I lived as a child of the world; You have ransomed my life on Calvary
I am now your child; I am asking you to collide; break down these walls

I realized that the walls that I created; had trapped me on the inside
I could see out but refused to let anyone come in
I felt my sin close in around me; and it trapped my soul; You have freed me
A life of victory; a life of liberty; a life of freedom; a life of peace that you offer

I used to like to live my life in isolation;
I used to say to myself; it’s better, it’s better this way;
You have invited me to a life of community; made me a part of your family
You told me that I belong to you; as I let my sin collide with the cross

Inspired by Tenth Avenue North Off the Album “Light meets the Dark” and the song ‘Healing begins’

I wanna break free from the bondage that seems to hold me back
I wanna break free from the things that I once loved
I want a clean break from everything that has weighed me down
I want a fresh start to be who God created me to be

I want something more
I want to live for something greater than myself
I wanna dig for deeper meaning than what lies on the surface
Tryin’ to find the one I am lookin for

Breakin’ free experiencing the life that lies in front of me
Breakin’ free from the things that held me back before
I am crashin’ through the walls that I have created
Like a prison cell that I locked myself in

Darker than the night
Darker still was my heart before you found me
You tore away the things that kept me from seeing you
You helped me realize that my only hope is you

Inspired by Mess of me, off Hello Hurricane by Switchfoot.

There may have been some chemistry between us
But I realized that when I tried to give you my heart it fell apart
Didn’t know why the pieces were all scattered
I chose not to look, but saw all my dreams shattered

I will try not to remember the times that hurt my heart
I wanted to let you back in my life, but it was too hard
Everytime I tried to tell you how I felt
You showed me how to play the hand you dealt

A life of pain and misery
A life of guilt and shame
I don’t need to live in the shadow of past mistakes
Things that may have been

There have been times when I wanted to be held
You offered to hold me but I knew it all along
I needed to let you go, because it was what was best
I don’t know how to deal with my emotions, when I realized that you weren’t the one for me

Another road has led me to the end
You once were more than a friend
Now that I know that I’ve let you go
The road to healin my broken heart has officially begun

Inspired by Collin Rainey’s song Closure

Tryin’ to figure this life out on my own
Every time you offer me your hand
I push you away because I don’t trust you enough
I fight against myself; fighting everything I know to be right

You want to hold me but I push you away
You want to be near to me but I won’t let you
You want to hear me but I won’t tell you what’s on my heart
I don’t want to keep pushing you away

There are times when I wanna see but I can’t
Because I’ve put other things before you between you and I
Wanted to grab a hold of you but I pushed your hand away
You gently waited and held me even though I didn’t want you to

You told me you loved me even when I tried to pretend I didn’t hear you
You held my heart when I didn’t know what was going on
You touched my life in a way that I could never imagine
You picked up the pieces and put them together just the way you planned

Inspired by Tenth Avenue North’s Song “By your side”

My heart sings your song, the song of redeeming love
What was once a heart of stone, you’ve melted by your presence
Take my heart, I give you my life as a testament of your love
My heart was dark, and now it sings of the glorious light

My heart was broken, but you offer your healing touch
I thought my sin was too much
I saw it cost you your son and I owe it all to you
You have taught me what it means to sing of your promises

My heart sings
My heart sings a song of hope
My heart sings a tune of rejoicing
My heart sings this offering of love to you

A heart that can hear the words that the angels sing
A heart that joins in the chorus of the heavenly hosts
A heart that cries you are Holy, You are Holy
A heart that bleeds forgiveness, and washes me as snow

Inspired by Klaus Kuehn while with Kari Jobe watching the video podcast

I want to give myself to you
I want nothing more than to bring you the glory
To see a glimpse of who you are
There are times when I get too caught up in things around me

Show me how to love like you
Show me Lord, how to give all I am to you
I can’t comprehend the love that I am trying to wrap my arms around
I have seen the cross, teach me how to love like you

To accept others and love our enemies
To share with those who may be considered outcasts
To be persecuted without cause, to be hated without reason
I long to love like you

To love you is my heart’s desire
I am taking to heart your promises
I don’t know how to explain them because they are so powerful
But I want to learn to love you more, and accept your love for me

Inspired by Kari Jobe

If there were things that I asked God for and I knew it wasn’t best
There have been times when I felt like He didn’t care
There have been times when I feel like I know what I want
So many times I ask God for things that will only hurt me
So many times I get angry because I can’t fully see
If only I could eliminate uncertainty from my life
Worryin’ about things only ties me up in knots
Tryin’ to figure out the reasons, leaves me empty inside
Searchin’ for the answers, longin’ for my home

I know that when I pray my prayers are answered
Maybe not the way I thought
My prayers are answered according to His plan
Sometimes its exactly what we ask for sometimes its something more
So next time I offer up a prayer, I’ll remember to put my trust in Him
So many different questions, even more left unspoken
But I know that my God, will be there thick or thin

Inspired by Unanswered Prayers by Garth Brooks

Inspired by Kari Jobe’s song “I’m Singing” from her album, Kari Jobe.

There are times when I look up and see a cross
Has it become to cliche’ for me to remember what you did
You looked at me with tears in your eyes
You told me the nails that they were driving into your hands were mine

I wanted to stop them, but you gently told me that it was for me
As I looked at the holes in your hands you told me that you took my nails
So that I could live with you forever, and have fellowship with you
You have given me life in exchange for death

You are there to hold my hand, and tell me it will be ok
The hands that hold me are the same ones I pierced
The God I’ve been wanting so badly, has been there all along
I sing this song because I love you, and am thankful for your sacrifice

There have been times when I like Thomas have doubted
The depths of your faithfulness, and the expanse of your love
Teach me not to doubt the one who took my nails for me
The one that has held my unformed body and created me in the secret place