DEAR GOD....

Make Me Over

i've been silent instead of speaking up
gave my advice instead of giving love
i have been unfair, faithless, and unkind
i have shut my eyes just so i would stay blind
it's not what i meant to do
cause i wanna honor you

chorus
make me over, make me new
make me a mirror, a reflection of you
take me all apart
take me to your heart and pull me closer
oh, jesus, make me over

take away the pride that whispers in the dark
take the stone our of the middle of my heart
hidden underneath my insecurities
is the servant that you've destined me to be
but day after precious day
i get in my own way

make me over, make me new
make me a mirror, a reflection of you
take me apart
take me to your heart and pull me closer
sweet savior, make me over

i am only made of your imagining
i'm dust and clay on the wind
wash me in the river of your sacrifice
until i'm changed, purified
take me all apart
take me to your heart and pull me closer
my jesus, make me over
make me over.

-Natalie Grant on the CD Awaken


I need your help Jesus in making me over. I need to be washed in the river of your sacrifice until I'm cleansed, purified, and changed. I know that if I trust in you, that you will change my heart and my desires, and I desire to be yours. I want to be more like you, a reflection, a mirrored image. I want people to look at me and see the fire I have for you in my eyes, words, and actions. I want them to feel your presence with every word, hug, handshake and any other contact I may have with others. I want them to know how beautiful your love is, and how amazing it is to be loved unconditionally, and to be forgiven when you fail, or you fall. For them to know that life isn't about pleasing other people but about giving everything to you, worries, doubts, fears. Trusting in you that you will deliver them from their troubles so long as they give it ALL up to you. Make me over. I LOVE YOU JESUS.