Pouring Down

As the Rain Pours Down
I see the roof leak with stress
The wood beams cracking, giving in to the pressure
As the walls shake with the nervousness
That it will all come crumbling down.
So often Lord we are the same way…
As much as I try to express my love for you
Press the sweet joys of life through my lips
There are forces that prevent me and the full effect of you in me.
This is the 21st century - and I shout your name
When the time is right
So how do I live for you?
Breathe for you and let you take control?
How can I hand you the controls to my life,
If I won’t relinquish the controls?
I know you’re the best driver; you made the course and the car.
Help me for I leak when the rain pours
I want for people to be astonished with your love in me
For them to see so much of you in me – would be incredible!
Why can we shout your name to the heavens among a crowd of strangers,
But barely seek your face in front of crowds of friends?
We don’t want to dismantle a friendship, and put stakes through our life
We don’t want to do – what you have already done for us.
Yes Lord, I am giving you full control to my life
And whatever you want for me, I want.
Lord I know I’ve got a free will by the goodness and grace of You.
But I choose to live my life for you, and close to you and no one else!
So help me Lord and so many others improve
To live by the actions we cry for.
Lord please open my eyes to all that I do not see.
I Love you
This paper cannot describe how you make me feel
I tremble, and you make every hair on my body stand up
For this does not do justice, it is just a collaboration of words
Themes, images, and that’s not the experience.
So help my life take on a form of one you would be proud of
So everyone can say they see a little bit of you in me.

Poem by J.A.D. © 2004