This is what the world tells you:
I am alone
No one cares about me, but me
I must do it on my own,
I am a man
You don’t get me,
and never will
There’s a pain inside that you will never know,
I am a man
I am by myself,
alone without support
If I don’t do it, no one will,
I am a man
I don’t need help,
I don’t want help
Can’t ask for help,
I am a man
Hiding from the world,
living in shadow
Don’t see me,
I am a man
If I wanted help,
you wouldn’t give it
Don’t know how to ask,
I am a man
But this is how I see you:
You are deeper than you will ever know,
your feelings run wild,
powerful, passionate
you are a man of strength.
Even though you may tell me you don’t want or need it,
you are longing for someone to reach out,
Touch your heart,
you are a man who is able to humble yourself and rely on My strength and not just your own.
Your time for isolation is done with
You know you don’t want to be alone,
You want to connect
You are a man who is ready to chase after My own heart.
I am proud of where you have come
Because man never desires anything so earnestly
as I desire to bring you to Myself,
so that you may fully know Me.
You are a man on a mission.
What I am looking for, you are obtaining
For there are no locked closets
Nothing is swept under the rugs
You admit when you are wrong
And then you come to terms with it
You are a man forgiving not only others, but yourself.
You long to please Me in your actions
You care deeply about the motivations behind your actions
I am not looking for magnificent specimens of humanity
I am looking for men like you to be deeply rooted in me
You are a man who is humble, a hard-to-the-core servant
You are a man of integrity.
You are a lion tamer
You are a ground shaker
You are a water walker
You are a man I have created you to be.
