Open My Heart

Let me knock down all obstacles to You,
for can I have an open heart in part?
How do I know my openness is true,
how can I have a truly open heart?

Open--my heart must be to let You in,
but what if I keep fences in the way,
mostly offenses that amount to sin?
And once in, I must fight to have You stay.

One obstacle is that I am afraid
I’ll let You in too much and lose control,
for I forget my mind and heart You made,
I want to give what they make up--my soul.

True openness means my heart is free of
the obstacles that would fence out Your love.

                      -- by Pete Voelz       5/10/13