I have made a mess of my own life.
The castles I built burnt down,
I cut the bridges I burned with a knife
I smeared my name through the mud
All around me, my life came down like a thud.
The destruction didn't end there, though.
The ruins that surrounded me burst into flame
And one sip of a forbidden drink ruined my name.
A calling was lost, a prodigal was born
Roaming the world broken, heartless and torn.
My life burned around me
And I watched it all fall
My actions, they bruised me,
Made me calloused, and I forgot God's call.
In the hopelessness of the ashes, still You called through the embers
And in my distress and shame, I remembered.
You called me regardless of who I am supposed to be,
You take me as I am,
So God, on this day,
Use the embers of this broken man to create a wildfire
That will save many souls
And burn out all the hollowness
That this world loves to grow.
