my Father's eyes

Father, let us see like You see.



I may not be every mother's dream for her little girl


And my face may not grace the mind of everyone in the world

But that's all right as long as I can have one wish I pray

When people look inside my life, I want to hear them say



She's got her father's eyes, her father's eyes

Eyes that find the good in things, when good is not around

Eyes that find the source of help, when help just can't be found

Eyes full of compassion, seeing every pain

Knowin' what you're going through and feeling it the same



Just like my father's eyes, my father's eyes, my father's eyes

Just like my father's eyes



And on that day when we will pay for all the deeds we have done

Good and bad they'll all be had to see by everyone

And when you're called to stand and tell just what you saw in me

More than anything I know, I want your words to be



She had her father's eyes, her father's eyes

Eyes that find the good in things, when good is not around

Eyes that find the source of help, when help just can't be found

Eyes full of compassion, seeing every pain

Knowin' what you're going through and feeling it the same



Just like my father's eyes, my father's eyes, my father's eyes

Just like my father's eyes, my father's eyes, my father's eyes

Just like my father's eyes

journey

as You formed me in my mother's womb 
You placed desires and longing deep within me
only to be satisfied by You.
A grand design, to draw me to Yourself.


I grew in belief of Your goodness
I grew in hearing words spoken of Your atonement.
I lived in a house where Your Spirit 
hovered and transformed my parents.
But yet I had not yet heard Your voice, 
experienced Your nearness.


I lived in dutiful obedience to Your ways,
propelled forward by the blood of Your sacrifice.
I lived in ignorance to Your desire for me to KNOW You
to HEAR You, to truly LOVE You.


You deserve my obedience, I gave it out of duty.
You deserve my time, I gave it out of habit.
You deserve my praise, I gave it for the esteem of men.
You deserve my affections, I kept them far from You 
and shared them hastily with many.


I believed in You intellectually, Jesus the Son and Abba the Father.
I had yet to experience the One who teaches and leads me into all truth.
Believing You were powerful, but never receiving Your empowering.
Proclaiming You had washed me clean, but never receiving sanctification.


And slowly my mind was clouded with compromise.
Gradually I was unable to see darkness from light.
Choice by choice, I was walking a broader path without any absolutes.
Denying the nagging feeling of conviction, 
pretending I was still seeking You.
Disregarding a need for repentance, 
the grayness over my eyes continued to deceive me.


Just the same, the longings You created me with 
were yearning to be filled.
I filled them with everything and anything
 counterfeit to the way You satisfy.


Suddenly it seemed these valid needs 
were open wounds, infected by shallow gratification.
And in a moment there was a ray of light through 
the dreary cloud, and a twinge of hunger for Your Word.


As Your Word filled me, I became less hungry for anything else.
I wanted true remedy for my broken condition.
Was there anything powerful enough to break through the shame?
I had believed it, but had yet to brush up against Your power.


While fasting You brought deliverance to my wounded longings,
from reliance on false idols.
I had never felt this gift of hunger before,
I was undeniably aching for more than intellectual understanding of You.


Your fiery presence reached violently into my identity
and spoke light and truth to my inward parts.
My mind: renewed by the resurrection power of You, Holy Spirit.
Never before had I heard Holy Spirit with such clarity, much more than vague whispers.


Soon, loneliness seems far from me 
and Holy Spirit, You call Yourself "Chandler's Best Friend."
You comfort me where I long to be comforted
You fill and meet me where no one else can.
You, Holy Spirit, speak truth over my destiny.


You are the power of God for those 
who repent, believe, are baptized, and receive Your Spirit.
I am empowered by the indwelling of Holy Spirit 
beyond the power of cancelled sin.
You are setting me apart to be a pure Bride for Jesus' return.
You have called me from darkness into Your marvelous light.


I have tried everything else
and now I say with full confidence,
"Only You, revealing Yourself, can satisfy fascinate captivate me."
Come, Holy Spirit, reveal the love of God 
in Jesus Christ that surpasses mere knowledge.

You're worth my obedience, I give it because You're real.

You're worth my time, I choose to give it because I've experienced Your goodness

You're worth my praise, I worship the God I personally know is alive.

You're worth my affections, I return the affection You've shown me.

Can I have more of You?


No longer bound by duty,
I am willingly inhabited by the fullness of God.
He is constantly forming me,
moving within and through me.
Continually drawing me closer still,
from before the foundations of the earth You've been reaching out for me.


You are not far off,
You are always desiring my affections.
You lead me in paths of righteousness
for Your name's sake.
You restore my soul.
You are the friend that sticks closer than a brother.


Surely You pursue me daily.
You will dwell with me forever.
Even so, Holy Spirit, come and touch my heart 
and go past my own thoughts
reveal the transcendent thoughts of God.
Empowering Spirit, lift my gaze higher than my weakness.
Show me Your ability to redeem
and continue working in me an eternal weight of glory.
Christ's Spirit within me, my everlasting hope.

You feel

You feel;

Father, Abba, Creator, Almighty.

You feel;

Jesus, God-Man, Redeemer, Bridegroom.

You feel;

Spirit, Teacher, Comfortor, Empower-er.

Father, what do You feel?

Jesus, what do You feel?

Spirit, what do You feel?

You are one.

3 persons.

we want to love You like You love us,
give us a burning heart of passion like Yours.
awaken love within us.

if Your love truly has no limit to the depth, 

how much deeper will You take us?

if this fire truly burns through the longest length, 

to what length will You go to bring us into the center of the desire, the fire, of Your heart?

if Your love is higher than the heavens, 

show us what heights You lift us to.

if our sins have been cast as far as the east is from the west, 

how wide are Your arms spread to welcome us back as we repent of sin?

no maximum, no limit on the love of Abba, Jesus, Spirit.

fascinating.

enthralling.

captivating.

glorious.

beyond comprehension.

to know the love of Christ surpassing all knowledge. fill us with the fullness of God.

we set our minds on You, Jesus.

let us love You with our minds.

we long for complete restoration of our union with You, Abba, as in Eden.

let us love you with our hearts.

we are overwhelmed by Your tender presence and mighty power, Holy Spirit.

let us love you with our heart and soul.

do what You will, let heaven come to earth in every way.


we will be Your Bride,
as we continue to choose to live with our hearts alive in the knowledge of Your love.

woo us. 

endue us with Your Spirit.  

draw us into You.

we love because You first loved us.
come, Love, with more of Your first love for us.

You are Love.

Love everlasting.

Love unchanging.

pursuing Love, continue to chase us, follow us all the days of our lives.

Your love goes before and follows us, all around.

God feels.
He is real.
the way He feels about us changes lives.
we go from black and white to color vision when the truth of His Love for us actually touches our identity.

He made us, we are His.

touch our identity again, Father.
tell us who we are, we so easily forget.

Your promises define us.

the truth of Your thoughts towards us overwhelms and kicks out the lies we've believed for so long.
we need to know Your thoughts, Your promises, Your words
draw us into a hunger for Your word.

we need to hear You speak, give us ears to hear.

speak to our hearts of how You feel.

tell us of Your never ending affections.

we need You to remind us, You feel.

can't live on bread alone,

but on each word coming from Your mouth.

pierce us with the truth, 

how You feel.