Currently Listening Simply Nothing By Shawn McDonald see related

Would You open up my eyes, so I can see
Would You open up my ears, so I can hear
Would You open up my mind, so I can know
Would You open up my heart, so could love You more
I want to serve You, my God
I want to give everything
I want to serve You, my King, yeah
I want to serve You, my Lord
I want to give You everything, yeah
Here I am with my arms open wide
Asking for You to come up, up inside
Won't You make me new, won't You make me true
Jesus, won't You make me like You, oh
Will You touch my eyes so I can see
Will You touch my ears so I can hear
Will You touch my mind so I can know
Will You touch my heart so I can love You more
Won't You open me

by the amazing Shawn McDonald. Check him out.

heart > smart

just a few thoughts from 3.16.06.  maybe you can relate... either now or at some time in your life.

with new trials, new tears and new falls, new fears

when will i learn to grow

new days bring new dark which leads to new doubt

i'm entagled within this unshakable bound

held strong with a tether formed of my disregard

have i left any room to grow

or have i reached the cork, leaving no room to breathe

room to run, play, work or acheive

im stuck to the surface, motionless, fixed

i dread the small room to grow

for there's never impossible, or so i've been taught

only neglect or refusal of thought

laziness steals our autonomy, simple

would be having no room to grow

i'll use my doubt and my falls to make petty tears

which swell up my world with more dark and new fears

i'll drown in self pity, and reach my goal of

being left no more room to grow.

Currently Listening Awaken By Natalie Grant see related

Foolish heart looks like we're here again
Same old game of plastic smile
Don't let anybody in
Hiding my heartache, will this glass house break
How much will they take before I'm empty
Do I let it show, does anybody know?

But you see the real me
Hiding in my skin, BROKEN from within
Unveil me c-o-m-p-l-e-t-e-l-y
I'm loosening my grasp
There's no need to mask my frailty
Cause you see the real me

Wonderful, beautiful is what you see
When you look at me
You're turning the tattered fabric of my life into
A perfect tapestry
I just wanna be ME

But you see the real me
Hiding in my skin, BROKEN from within
Unveil me c-o-m-p-l-e-t-e-l-y
I'm loosening my grasp
There's no need to mask my frailty
Cause you see the real me

And you love me just as I am

Wonderful, Beautiful is what you see
*When you look at me*

All my soul needs
Is all Your love to cover me
So all the world will see
I have nothing

Take my time here on earth
And let it glorify all that You are worth
For I am nothing, I am nothing, I am nothing without You

This is my new prayer.  Can I survive with only His hand to hold?

Take these hands and lift them up. I have not the strength to praise you on my own.  I have nothing, I have nothing without you.