Jordan Mentz

Draw me close Jesus
As I rest in your presence
As I hold your hand
As I close my eyes

Your heartbeat is for the lost
Your heartbeat is for the unsaved
I want to lay in your arms
I want to look in your eyes

I want to dine in your house
I want everything I do to bring you honor
Your touch heals my broken heart
Your peace overwhelms my soul

As I lay down my head
Draw me to you
As I close my eyes
Show me your grace

Inspired by the song “The More I seek You”, by Kari Jobe

So many times I feel like letting go
So many times I feel like giving up
So many times I feel like no one knows what I am dealing with
So many times I feel] like there is no point in looking forward

Hold on to what you know is true
Hold on to what you believe
Hold on to me, and even though you have to let go
Hold on to my hand, and I will let you know God loves you for you

Holding on is the only option
Grasping for the arms of love you are looking for
If you really knew what it meant to be held
Would you hold on to what your heart beats for

Crying tears of joy
When it seems that you are holding on to nothing
I’ll be there to remind you, that Jesus keeps on holding on to you
When you need someone to talk to I will listen but ask Jesus to guide you.

Inspired by the song “Shoulder” by Building 429 off the album “Building 429″.

Inspired by “God loves you” by Jaci Velasquez, introduced to me by Katrina Quillen, and this song has really helped me heal from wounds. I was currently writing a paper about how I have been wounded, so I’ve been crying a lot recently.

I want to be held as I lay awake looking at the stars
I long to be embraced by the arms of love
As my eyes gaze into yours
I see a love inviting me to come
A love so deep and so wide that it will simply wrap itself around me

In the arms of love I cry myself to asleep
In the arms of grace, with tears streaming down my face
Arms of love gently hold me, Arms of love wipe away my past
Arms of love I need you to hold me, My tears have left me feeling lonely
As I cry and my eyes are welling up, it is then I feel your arms of love

Every tear that I cry and with every tear that is shed
I hear you whisper I love you my child
I don’t want to see you hurt my son
I want you to allow me to take away your pain
My arms of love are open, and my arms of love are ready

I try to express my heart, and all I seem to get is hurt
Now that I’ve found where I belong
Wrapped in your arms of love
Wiping away tears from my weary eyes
As I rest in your arms of love

I cry myself to sleep because I don’t understand the measure
Of the arms of love that are gently holding me
Your arms of love gently sustain me
Your arms of love have been open all along
I didn’t know that you wanted me to reach out and grab it

I want to grab a hold of love
I know its reaching and I want to embrace it
Love is reaching into the deepest depths of my heart
It makes it so hard sometimes when your hands can’t close
Bawling like a baby, reaching out for something

Love has rescued me
Love has captured my heart
Gently holding me in my savior’s arms
whispering I want to hold you my child
I want to ease away your pain

All I ask is for you to let me
take away your pain my child
You’ve been holding on to your hurt
for so long, I know you don’t know what it means to give it to me
I want to help you heal, I want to help take away your pain

I beg for you to come to the cross
See the wounds touch my scars
Tears of love I cried for you
I am asking you to let go of your pain
Give me your all

Inspired by “God loves you” by Jaci Velasquez, introduced to me by Katrina Quillen, and this song has really helped me heal from wounds.  I was currently writing a paper about how I have been wounded, so I’ve been crying a lot recently.

I’ve seen the rain and sometimes it causes me pain
to see the world breaking around me
I didn’t want for you to bring me rain,
but with the rain brings growth

I ask you to bring me rain, so I can sit back and watch me grow
The trials in my life, are bringing me one step closer
to feeling your healing, and one step closer to your heart.
I wanted to go through my life with never being nourished

I am scorched and my soul is parched
Oh how I need you to rain down mercy on my desert
Wanting a taste of refreshment, but too scared to soak it up
I am uncertain about what you need to grow in my life

I know it will not be easy
I know it will not be fun
I know you will bring me closer
I know you will bring me comfort.

Inspired by Tenth Avenue North “Hold my Heart” off the album “Over and Underneath.”

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”

I wanted to be there only to watch you slip away
Feeling lonely alone tryin to fall asleep at night
Lately talking to you on the internet,
felt like there was someone who spoke I love you
Speaking to my heart, with a touch of healing
Trying to comprehend why I can’t sleep

You tell me that I love you
As a brother, and I tell you the same as a sister
When I cry to put my self to sleep,
You tell me that you love me and so does Jesus
Its really hard to imagine how I can forget so easily
that I am loved, not just by you, but also by my lover

Together with each word spoken
My heart was once oh so broken
Now really learning what it means to be open
A closeness of friendship, that leaves you feeling vulnerable
but in a good way, and leaving me feeling more loveable
Trying to figure out this life we live together

I chose to leave it in the open,
because I know you love me
Giving me encouragement,
about what it means to be connected
Trying so hard to say that I love you,
Sister that you see me as a brother.

I know this life is hard at times
But we are living this together
helping each other realize what it means
to trust God with everything
Sometimes I may seem a bit low
then you take me by the hand, lets look out the window.

Inspired by Stellar Kart’s song Me and Jesus.

Who I am is who you created me to be
but so many times I care what others see
I don’t really care what the world thinks
Because I know who I am to you,
I love my father and won’t trade it for anything
Who I am doesn’t change what I am to you
I want to be different, to be a difference maker
Then I ask you to help me take a stand
I didn’t want to stay silent
As I sing to you a different song
I know that I am your’s but do I act like you are mine
I try so hard to show a face of love
while hurting on the inside
With everything I do, I want to breathe life
Even though I offered you three nails,
you offered me your life, and you rewarded me with salvation
Calvary spoke volumes to me, because I see who I am to you
Who I am doesn’t change the fact of what I think I am
Who I am to you doesn’t falter with the decisions that I make
You would still love me, for who I am because you are my creator.

Inspired by Leeland off “Let it out Now” off the album “Opposite Way”

Inspired by Rick Stump’s Song “This is Love” off the Album “Mission to find me”.

I want to fight for the broken
I want to fight the battle for those who are too weak to fight
I will fight for my beliefs, if it means I can show the world love
I want to draw my sword and fight off the schemes of the devil

A great day for a warrior to draw his sword and fight
To put on the armor of God, and walk humbly in the truth
I want to take a stand for the homeless
I want to tell the world about a comforter for the needy

So many people have their hearts wrapped up in bondage
Longing, hoping, yearning to be free someday
You offer them hope for a future, a promise of new life
Your love will set them free, and let them live free

There are many times when I see people crying
Turn and walk the other way, not caring they are dying,
But I am asking you to help me see what it means to be your warrior
To help set the lost ones free.

What is America that you would bless it?
Why is does everyone see America as the bad guys?
Is it because they are so distant from their roots?
I want to make a difference but I know God will
When people think of America, all they see is religious hypocrites
Why is the church broken in America,
When will you say enough is enough
To see you in your glory
To see you in your majesty
I am not sayin’ that I am perfect
But as a sinner longing to be free
A once prodigal son returning home
I can feel you moving in my life,
Can others see the same?
Have we strayed from your path that we forgot what the way back
I am giving you this heart, and asking you to come back

Inspired by Chris Tomlin’s song “America” off the album “The noise we make”.