God respects me
He respects me enough to say hello.
He respects me enough to listen
do I?
do I respect myself like God does?
He respects me enough to say hello.
He respects me enough to listen.
He respects me enough to give me choices
and He respects my choices too-
regardless of their quality.
The Lamb is the sacrifice.
He takes my sins for me.
He approaches
what I never could.
He bridges the gap.
He brings me to Eden.
He reopens the door.
He keeps the door open when I
in my arrogance try to close it try to walk away.
He lets me walk away.
He does not want to restrain me.
He only wants those who want to be there.
He wants to be chosen.
Which means we must make a choice, which means
there must be
Options
Real opportunities to choose
something else.
I choose the Lamb.
Alone in a shack,
with no one else and nothing else in the world,
I will still choose the lamb.
In celebration with friends in a mansion,
With all the jewels and money and family and influence in the world,
I will still choose the lamb.
Help me to keep making that choice.
I want to want You just as
You want to be wanted,
and I want to be wanted.
He wants to be
chosen.
He wants to be
seen.
He wants to be
picked.
He wants to be our
First priority.
We want to be our partner’s
First priority.
I respect the one who doesn’t
choose me. I
let them go their own way.
Why would God want anything different?
If He knows a different way will lead
to death,
Why would He not warn us?
I scream!
But He did. He gave us that warning
and we are judged by what we know;
by what we have heard We are judged
and what we have written on our hearts, we are judged.
We know.
But we choose not to listen.
I want to be chosen says the Lord,
to be picked and
chosen and
loved
with the intensity I give,
to receive it in turn,
in whatever capacity can be given.
I want to be chosen.
I don’t want to
compete.
I don’t want to
compete for your love. I don’t want
to compete for your affection.
I will
provide all you need.
I am
all you could ever want.
I want to be chosen, says the Lord.
As I have chosen
you, I also want to be
chosen in return.
It is vulnerable, and it
can be painful
but I can bear it, as I bear
you, and more.
I want to be chosen by
you My love:
My love of choice, My agape.
He wants to be chosen. He wants to be seen, He wants to be picked.
He wants to be our first priority.
We want to be our partner’s First priority.
And we respect the one who doesn’t choose us. We let them go their own way.
Why would God want anything different?
If He knows a different way will lead to death, Why
would He not warn us?
But he did.
He gave us that warning.
and we are judged by what we know,
by what we have heard,
We are judged
and what we have written on our hearts, we are judged.
we know,
but we choose not to listen
There are things I could give that He does not care for,
That He does not want,
There are things I could give that He would actively discard.
Things I give not because I want to,
but because I’m supposed to.
He wants a choice.
He wants to be chosen.
So he gives us options.
What do we choose?
Do we listen to Him?
Do we obey or do we choose something else?
Martin Write 