Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Praying for "the answer for my tongue"

Proverbs 16:1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

approaching the petrified heart

© 7-28-10 hannah mclean

how do i approach the deaf ear;
the eyes with vision blocked by brick-laid walls
piled high from decades of objection?
how do i stand before the scoffing mouth;
the heart that lays petrified from years in arid deserts
surviving through adaption in the blazing sun?

and yet, You have prepared the way before me
building bridges across the vast ravine
that separates this one from You
You have opened the door to the very core
of who and where they are
and i feel Your pressing
moving me to walk through

Father, i have given You my lips
a submitted mouth
willing to go to whom You send me
willing to speak what You command

pour forth Your words of truth
in love
You promise the answer for my tongue
lead with the rod and with the staff
in wisdom
which You promise to abundantly provide

Lord, what do i say to the one who waits
with expectation to be crushed
as the brittle foundation they've settled upon
teeters precariously with every passing breeze?
how do i approach the one who cowers fearfully
behind all that they cling to
coping instead of hoping?

Spirit, fill me
move through and in me
and i will do whatever You wish
knowing this:
only You can penetrate the petrified heart

Thursday, July 22, 2010

a song of longing and lament

longing for more
©7-22-10 hannah mclean

make me deeper
i’m too shallow
bring life to my fallow ground
wake me from
my dampened stupor
let me hear Your hallowed sound

CHORUS
into Your mercies
Lord, lead me further
into Your glories
Lord, let me see
into Your majesty
Lord, may i marvel
into Your holiness
Lord, set me free

draw me nearer
i’m too distant
move my feet to Your pierced side
pull me from
my lingered roaming
let me in Your love abide
chorus

higher, deeper, fuller, nearer
i long for more of You (repeat as needed)

Sunday, July 18, 2010

tongue tied until it is time

waiting for words
©7-17-10 hannah mclean
Revelation 2:18–29

heart bursting
mind swirling
tongue tied

oh, for the words that elude me
i pray
my mouth is surrendered to You
may Your words fill it
replacing mine

deep truths weigh on me
tears stream from my unveiled eyes
undone by what You reveal
i pray

how does one articulate
depths beyond language
where understanding comes
from places unseen

knowing through Your showing
truth penetrating my once hard heart
now soft and bleeding Your blood

i pray
rightly place my zeal
mercifully clarify my longings
justly purify my fervor

oh, for the words that elude me
i pray
my mouth is surrendered to You
may Your words fill it
replacing mine

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Isaiah 50:4 "The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning He awakens;He awakens my earto hear as those who are taught.