Detours

Lord, I pray to you with an open heart

I no longer want to hide from you

I only wish to let you in

To give you willingly everything I am

You have brought me to my knees

My face pressed to the ground before you

Tears are in my eyes

Praises are in my throat

Blood is on my hands

I have done so much wrong

I have wandered off this path you had cleared for me

Into some unknown forest 

Where all I have encountered is pain

And artificial happiness that is gone as quick as it came

Leaving me empty, and hopeless

I have stumbled back to you

With confusion in my heart and scars on my soul

Take me into those loving arms

And never let me go

Keep me here in your never failing love

Fill my heart with the joy I find in you

Stitch up the wounds on my soul and make me brand new

My whole being longs to be with you

But it is only a matter of time before something off this path 

Catches my human eye

And I go wandering again

You are always there to bring me back 

I do not deserve it

You are far to good 

To a fool like me