A Heart Like His

October 1990

I was 21 years old and beginning my last year of college.  I was also dating Scott, the man who would become my husband.  I remember spending a lot of time on this poem.  I just simply wanted to see my life and the world around me through the eyes and heart of Christ.  I so desperately wanted those I loved to believe and see Jesus in me.

A Heart Like His

Lord, help me to see with Your eyes

For through Your eyes I see

Many lonely and empty hearts

Reaching with uncertainty.

So many are like little children

Trying to find their way

To true happiness in their lives ~

Getting lost along the way.

Your eyes sparkle with laughter and joy

When someone's heart is made new

And they cry with helpless tears

When another refuses You.

Lord, help me to love with Your heart

For with Your heart I feel

A joy and peace that is so complete

It convinces me that You're real.

It helps me focus on the hearts of others

And breaks down the barriers of pride.

I can forgive and be forgiven

With You by my side.

Your heart loves with strength

And knows no boundary

While it loves with a gentleness

That overwhelms me.

"They hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes.  Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them." 
Matthew 13:15