emptying, emptying, emptying me

 there's a pressure in my soul... a tension in my heart...

that is building... increasing...

a cry for justice... a cry for holiness...

a cry for repentance and reconciliation... restoration and unity...
begging Your cleansing fire to bring clarifying purity and truth
to close our mouths and open our eyes
to open our hearts to seek... and to UNDERSTAND

to call out this deeply rooted pride and destroy it!

emptying, emptying, emptying me
till I am once more ... just a vessel

a vessel of Your love

Your peace
Your joy

Your compassion
and Your righteousness

seeing others

in all their dignity and glory
equal to me in every aspect
wholly valued and worthy
of Your sacrifice

and mine

(c) BNH, 2011