Make Me Over
Transforming Shadows: A Prayer for Redemption
Lyrics
I've been silent instead of speaking up
I've chosen silence instead of expressing myself.
Gave my advice instead of giving love
I've given advice rather than showing love.
I have been unfair, faithless and unkind
I've been unjust, lacking faith, and unkind.
I have shut my eyes just so I would stay blind
I've intentionally closed my eyes to avoid facing reality.
It's not what I meant to do
My actions were unintentional and not in line with my intentions.
Cause I wanna honor you
I desire to honor a higher power or deity.
Make me over, make me new
An appeal to be transformed and renewed.
Make me a mirror, a reflection of you
Request to become a reflection of a divine being.
Take me all apart
Expressing willingness to be examined and changed thoroughly.
Take me to your heart and pull me closer
Asking to be drawn close to a divine entity's heart.
Oh, Jesus, make me over
An invocation to Jesus for a spiritual makeover.
Take away the pride that whispers in the dark
Plea to remove arrogance or self-importance hidden in the dark.
Take the stone out of the middle of my heart
Request to eliminate hardness or insensitivity in the heart.
Hidden underneath my insecurities
Recognition of insecurities covering a deeper calling to serve.
Is the servant that you've destined me to be
Acknowledgment of the destined role as a servant.
But day after precious day
Despite good intentions, personal obstacles interfere daily.
I get in my own way
Realization of self-sabotage getting in the way.
Make me over, make me new
Reiteration of the plea for transformation and renewal.
Make me a mirror, a reflection of you
Request to become a reflection of divine qualities.
Take me all apart
Willingness to be dismantled and examined thoroughly.
Take me to your heart and pull me closer
Asking to be drawn close to a divine being's heart.
Sweet savior, make me over
Addressing Jesus as a source of salvation and transformation.
I am only made of your imagining
Recognition of being created in the imagination of a higher power.
I'm dust and clay on the wind
Human fragility and impermanence compared to dust and clay.
Wash me in the river of your sacrifice
Symbolic request to be cleansed in the sacrificial river.
Until I'm changed, purified
Desire for profound change and purification.
Take me all apart
Reiteration of the willingness to be dismantled and examined.
Take me to your heart and pull me closer
Asking to be drawn close to a divine being's heart.
My Jesus, make me over
Closing plea for Jesus to oversee the transformation.
Make me over
Final appeal for a complete spiritual makeover.
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