Something Different

Lord, by your grace,

I come before you.

You have promised 

To be my God

And I adore you.

Trusting in your ways,

Here and now,

Take all my days.

This world, both deaf and dumb,

Yet full of noise,

Distracts to make me numb,

To your small voice.

I pray for my family,

Help them see.

I pray for your church,

For all your sheep.

Not, to this world, conformed.

But, thanks to the word, transformed.

Renew our minds,

And help us see,

The world is not 

who it pretends to be.

Our treasures here are not eternal.

Won’t compromise for what’s infernal!

Take us, keep us,

Precious in your hands.

Yet, battered, beaten

By the world's demands.

You know our hurt

And see our pain.

But none of it

Has been in vain.

Not one tear falls

Without your notice.

You know our heart

You know our motives.

As we are called by your name,

This is our story.

And we know there is no shame,

This is our glory!

I won't be moved

By the confusion,

The backwards thinking,

Mass illusion.

By your love 

We are changed

To something different, 

Something strange,

To love and serve as we are called,

Reflecting light and being salt.

Evil, by good, is overcome  

Soldiers in a war already won.