Empty to Full

My empty me is glad You, Lord, are full,
we know a thing can’t give what it has not,
the fullness of the world’s a miracle,
by nature You just give what You have got.

I’m naturally me, and yet I sometimes feel
it’s by some miracle that I’m full too,
full of You gifts, O Lord, that make me real,
and empty me can be so full of You.

You made the world ex nihilo and me,
and then You filled us both with all Your riches,
You made me great and then You made me free,
free to get proud and too big for my britches.

Let me not be so bad I’m in Your face,
but look to You to fill me full of grace.

                  -- by Pete Voelz       5/15/13