Alive?

I once walked as dead:

Moving, breathing, lifeless;

Believing I had life;

Only in darkness existing.

One day, life found me, and

Flooded my veins with light.

Only then did I know love;

Only then could I see reality.

When life possessed me,

My heart could finally

Feel joy, and know Truth.

I embraced it, clinging fiercely.

My grip has since loosened;

My heart grows duller each day.

My mind slips into blindness;

I forget what it is to live.

Life has never left me,

But Death draws me away,

Tempting me in my weakness.

I become lost; sightless.

I feel the weight of what

I have lost, But have lost

The strength to grieve it.

Now shame is my shadow.

God, it is You that gave

Your own life for mine in love.

Yet You live today with Power.

You are light and life itself.

Life was laid down, destroyed

That I might be made alive.

If I allow myself Death,

I dishonor that great love.

It is not only I, but

Many of Your children

That have become covered

By clouds of worldliness.

Only You can bring us

Back to Life, can free us

From this life of Death.

My prayer is for revival.

Serving You is Life,

Loving You is Life,

Knowing You is Life.

You are the Way, Truth, and Life.

No matter what the cost,

No matter what I must die to,

No matter this life's sufferings,

I seek and desire true Life.

Raise Your people from Death;

Kill us that we may be healed.

Draw us into Your presence,

For therein is Life.