I love you Lord.

 I Love You, Lord

I love You, Lord.

Not as a duty,or a doctrine on a page,

But as the only true response to all Your grace.

My rock,my fortress, my deliverer in the fray,

The first and final music of my day.

I love you, Lord, my strength. (Psalm 18:1)

I love You for the cross—the depth I cannot span,

The love that laid its life down for this broken man.

I love You for the dawn that follows every night,

For being my defense,my everlasting light.

I love You for the patience of Your guiding hand,

For making sunrise promises out of shifting sand.

For healing whispered into places torn apart,

For writing Your own poem on this grateful heart.

We love because he first loved us. (1 John 4:19)

Let this love be my action, not just a sentiment,

My truest,guiding motive, my complete intent.

Let it be my obedience,my willing, joyful “yes,”

My place of deepest stillness in the midst of stress.

So take this love, O Lord, however faint its spark,

And fan it to a flame that lights up all the dark.

Let it be the single,constant, beating of my soul,

Until Your love in me is perfect,whole.

I love You, Lord.

My strength.

My song.

My King.

My all in all.

Amen.