You are the trillium catching me by surprise in the woods
You are the milky white of the stars spilling across the sky
You are the flash of red in a forest of umbers and olives
You are the flames of glory in the setting sun
You are more than I ever hoped for and far exceed what I thought I wanted
You are all I need and in you is all that ever was or will be
You are my only way through to love, to strength, to joy, to freedom
You are my only hope of becoming my one true self and the only way of becoming beautiful—like the fragrance of the woods, the splendid night sky, the breathtaking dawn’s light—like the One True God
You are my beautiful Savior and to You, my Jesus,
I surrender all
…just in case there was any question.
Oh Debbie – what a beautiful hymn to your (our) All in All ❤️
Yep, what Georgine said! Beautiful.
Georgine, maybe you could put it to music! ❤️ 🎶 We can praise Him together! (In Italy😀)
Under the Mask! Thank you!
a good prayer deb, When there is so much beauty I wonder how limited I am to appreciate only what I can take in.
I agree…a song there.
I know Gary, I am faced with my limitations every day. But I think you have phrased it accurately—“I wonder how limited I am to appreciate only what I can take in…” That’s hard to answer when we have a limitless God within us. 🙂
No question from here.
Beautiful and inspiring, Deb. Why do I sometimes struggle with surrender to my beautiful, splendorous, loving, strong God?! I make no sense!
Nancy,
That’s the great question and I love how you asked it! 🙂
Thank you for reading and writing. It’s so good to hear from you,
Deb
Nancy, I had to come back to your comment this morning, to your descriptive words, and the question of surrendering our all to God. I had accidentally deleted a rather lengthy reply to you on my phone yesterday and see that my rewrite didn’t express what I had hoped. Yours is the burning question for any believer, and certainly for me. And I agree, “I make no sense!” 🙂 But oh, His grace, His faithful love and guidance is new each day, moment by moment. And for this I offer my praise as I worship right here, where I am, in this moment with “my beautiful, splendorous, loving, strong God.” Thank you for that.
Have a beautifully blessed day!
Deb
Amen, Deb–His grace, His faithful love and guidance comes to us even though not we’re perfectly surrendered yet. Such beautiful, encouraging words you’ve shared here! Thank you!