Jesus, Rock My World, Rock me

Jesus, how I need you so.
Jesus, they will never know
How you become all that I need.
Jesus, ROCK my world, rock me.

I’m apathetic, worn and used.
My heart is O so tired and bruised.
I really need you, can’t you see.
Jesus, CHANGE my world, change me.

This cry for you is not enough,
You promised you would fill my cup.
Send your Spirit tenderly,
Jesus, FILL my world, fill me.

Smooth my edges,
Guard my heart,
Tell me that we’ll never part.
Know the places in my soul.
Come now, Jesus, make me whole.
I want to BE with you, just be.
So, Jesus…
Rock my world, rock me.

Prayers and Pictures

Since I have been back I have been reading and re-reading a small book of prayers that I got in Haiti. The prayers were written by Haitians who converted to Christianity out of Voodoism. They are simple, and perhaps more profound for their simplicity. I want to learn to pray like that, without wasting words, simply asking, adoring, or praising God. Here are two of my favorites;

Senye,

Tout la vi mwen, mwen te tankou yon raje; men lot jou ou te rache m' e ou te plante nan jaden w' nan.

Mwen vin tounen yon fle.

Mwen jenn e mwen vle grandi e kiltive pou m' sa vin pi bel toujou

Lord,

All my life, I have been just a weed; but the other day you pulled me up and planted me in your garden.

I became a flower.

I am young and I want to grow and be cultivated so I can become more beautiful.

Papa, Yo di mweh se malere. Mesi, papa. Fe mweh pov en espri tou, pou mweh sa erite wayom Bondye a.


Father,

They say I am poor.

Thank you, Father.

May I also be poor in spirit,
that I may inherit the Kingdom of God.