On My Penitent Face

There is Only You

The Smalltown Poets have touched me greatly because of their, well, poetic lyrics. They simply have a way of wording things that pull the right strings in my emotional fabric. I have been convicted over & over again by the song There is Only You.

How many times have I placed this or that ahead of my God? Too many times. The first commandment forbids us to have anything before Him. Yet I slip & can only echo the refrain in sheepishness: There is only You, Lord. There is only You.

And when we return there is grace. God's grace is greater than the wrath of petty gods & worthless idols.

Growing more uneasy with every question asked.

It seems You're jealous of my interests

And the graven things I've cast.

Waking resolutions of twenty years or more

That I would disallow golden cows my favor any more.

Your wishes set in stone, I broke the first of ten,

I've cleared this temple out, come take Your place again.

There is only You.

Tiptoe from an awkward scene, 

not fooling anyone.

Am I dumb enough to kneel with my accusers

Or brave enough to run?

Petty daggers bounce weakly off my back.

I'm leaving breathless gods and secrets in my tracks.

Your wishes set in stone, I broke the first of ten,

I've cleared this temple out, come take Your place again.

There is only You.

To a thousand generations

Of the faithful man

You will show Your favor Lord.
 

There is only You (Love earth can't replace)

There is only You, believe me (Heaven can't erase)

There is only You (Find me on my penitent face)

There is only You