There is a war being waged in my heart

The enemy has struck and made his mark

A ship swaying to the hurricane of thoughts

In combat I prepare for another shot

 

I begin to drown from the endless hits

Of emptiness and destitute

The thoughts of incompleteness

The ongoing flood of restlessness

 

Incomparable the Lord made me

But in my mind all I see

Is an ever growing amount

Of the superiority of those around

 

I look in the mirror and see unworthy

I see unqualified and I see guilty

I see a lack of gentleness

And the disbelief in faithfulness

 

Wavering to the storm around me

I cry out for an ounce of relief

My lungs begin to cry out

As I silently try to shout

 

But then He reaches out His hand

He draws me closer to land

And in the desert He hears me

At the breaking point I become free

 

He restores the breath in my lungs

And releases my grip as I clung

He reminds me He’s in my storm

And only in the storm can I be transformed

 

He opens my eyes to my worth

The gem He made me since birth

It was Jesus who deemed me enough

And saw past my wretched stuff

 

He made me into new wine,

Looked me in the eye and said, “she’s mine”

Finally, He calls me home

After all, the war has already been won.