Living as Loved

Sometimes I have to take a step back

Run the opposite way of everything I’m chasing

Turn around, be still, and embrace the waiting

I get so caught up in God’s big plan

That I forget that I live because I’m loved

I’m not living to be loved

As if knowing God’s plan isn’t already hard enough,

I try to shape His plan and make it more like my own

Only to see those plans swept away like weightless leaves in a flashflood

I always try to figure out exactly where God wants me

The mess of this confusing quest

Leaves me angry, confused, and upset

I spend so much time digging for answers

I end up running in circles when I could be dancing

Dancing in a love so whole and so real

Dancing in a love that has never required me to “do”

I could be chasing all the wrong things and God would still love me

I could be chasing all the right things and God would love me the same

His love isn’t dependent on the steps that I take

I get lost in the details, the what ifs, and what nows

When I could be getting lost in God’s radical love

I never ever have to live to be loved

I’m loved as I am and where I am so I live