God Wants Me

God wants me here because He loves me so,
how disappointed He must be in me,
but heaven is the place I want to go,
and He's the only God I want to see.

What does He see in me He loves so much?
God is so warm, up close and personal,
inside and out He is the One I touch,
truly His love for me's a miracle.

And yet for Him so natural is His love,
God is love, I'm just too dumb to perceive it,
I'm far below, He seems too far above,
yet love so near that I must love or leave it.

You box me in, Your love I can't deny,
but still, O loving Lord, I wonder why.

                          -- by Pete Voelz        6/09