Beauty

My latest song.  I've had it churning around in my mind for a while now and I hope to get it up on YouTube before I leave.

Beauty

I can't see past this moment. How will I get through?

It's hard in times like these to keep my eyes on You.

The depths of who You are I know I'll never comprehend.

My heart is faltering, so could You show me once again?

Where is beauty? Where is love?

Sometimes hope, prayer, and faith just don't seem like enough.

And where are You, God? Can't You see?

That in all my fears and struggles, I need beauty.

It feels like I keep breaking no matter how I try.

I've faltered. I have failed You. I've hidden and I've cried.

I don't understand why things happen like they do.

So much seems to matter when it should be only You.

Where is beauty? Where is love?

Sometimes hope, prayer, and faith just don't seem like enough.

And where are You, God? Can't You see?

That in all my fears and struggles, I need beauty.

I know Your plans are bigger than me.

I know You truly know what's best.

I know You see everything when I never will.

I know, I know...

Sometimes I only need to be reminded.

You are beauty. You are love.

When I shatter into pieces, only You can be enough.

I am cherished. You rescue me.

You hold me in Your arms and I see beauty.

Emily Whelchel, 2011