That Place Upon His Chest
There's a place upon His chest
I see my face there, often
The line of his jaw
where its angled and strong
The place where his pulse beats
the warmth of his breath falls
There's a place upon his chest
where I can lay my cheek
Where my forehead softly rests
and I hear his heart beat
A place upon his chest
I'm not afraid to go to
He'll always take me there
and never pull away
He's never tense
or slow to hold me
His grip is strong
His arms enfold me
In A place upon His chest
Sometimes my eyes are open
I look around and see the struggle
I nestle in as time unravels
As chaos looms
and darkness grows
As voices chatter
and problems matter
My tears fall soft
and His hold tightens
My hopes are safe
My courage heightens
In that place upon His chest
There's times my eyes are closed
To block out all this crazy mess
to just be still and know
There's love upon that shoulder
and fragrance in His hold
The sweetness of the Name I utter
the promises I'm told
Too weak sometimes to stand
too burdened yet to pray
He holds me in the moment
and never thinks to stray
That place upon His chest
is where I often run
There are times He calls me
When He calls I come
Hard to think He misses me
Hard to believe I'm wanted
I'll be caught up in my day
by His call I'm haunted
There's that place upon His chest
He wants to put me there
And somehow in this world's unrest
I find me restless there
He would never pull away
but easily would I
The ones that say they need me so
the things that loudly cry
Caught up in my time and space
the realities much lower
He teaches me so patiently
as I'm growing older
The tenseness of my body
My readiness to stand
All the ways I let Him know
I'm worthy of His Hand
But in that place upon His chest
He whispers that I need Him
that He's as close as turned attention
if I'll but choose to see Him
In that place upon His chest
often, my knees will buckle
My frame will bend
and I'll turn in
He leans in as I crumple
I find I'm curled
I'm nearly fetal
I find I'm not rejected
That place so close upon His chest
My weakness is His Strength Perfected
JM 2015
"My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. That's why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong. - 2 Cor. 12:8.
I see my face there, often
The line of his jaw
where its angled and strong
The place where his pulse beats
the warmth of his breath falls
There's a place upon his chest
where I can lay my cheek
Where my forehead softly rests
and I hear his heart beat
A place upon his chest
I'm not afraid to go to
He'll always take me there
and never pull away
He's never tense
or slow to hold me
His grip is strong
His arms enfold me
In A place upon His chest
Sometimes my eyes are open
I look around and see the struggle
I nestle in as time unravels
As chaos looms
and darkness grows
As voices chatter
and problems matter
My tears fall soft
and His hold tightens
My hopes are safe
My courage heightens
In that place upon His chest
There's times my eyes are closed
To block out all this crazy mess
to just be still and know
There's love upon that shoulder
and fragrance in His hold
The sweetness of the Name I utter
the promises I'm told
Too weak sometimes to stand
too burdened yet to pray
He holds me in the moment
and never thinks to stray
That place upon His chest
is where I often run
There are times He calls me
When He calls I come
Hard to think He misses me
Hard to believe I'm wanted
I'll be caught up in my day
by His call I'm haunted
There's that place upon His chest
He wants to put me there
And somehow in this world's unrest
I find me restless there
He would never pull away
but easily would I
The ones that say they need me so
the things that loudly cry
Caught up in my time and space
the realities much lower
He teaches me so patiently
as I'm growing older
The tenseness of my body
My readiness to stand
All the ways I let Him know
I'm worthy of His Hand
But in that place upon His chest
He whispers that I need Him
that He's as close as turned attention
if I'll but choose to see Him
In that place upon His chest
often, my knees will buckle
My frame will bend
and I'll turn in
He leans in as I crumple
I find I'm curled
I'm nearly fetal
I find I'm not rejected
That place so close upon His chest
My weakness is His Strength Perfected
JM 2015
"My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. That's why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong. - 2 Cor. 12:8.
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