https://music.apple.com/us/album/this-is-my-prayer/1597215605?i=1597215704

This is my prayer

That you be filled with power

Not the power to do

All that needs to be done

That’ll come, that’ll come

But the power to know

In the depths of your soul

What it is to be known

Really known and loved

By the Father through the Son

Such knowledge is too much

May your heart be like a tree

Rooted in this mystery

‘Til you overflow with God

I can’t even read these lyrics without crying. This is everything.

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Do you believe that He knows you?

Do you believe that He loves you?

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For me, the answer is most often “no.” But this is the mystery my heart is rooted in. He shows me again and again, inviting me to believe a little more—and then a little more.

This is what I draw nourishment from. It is changing me, causing me to grow—both upward and outward.

Here’s one more song to press further into this ultimate question:

https://music.apple.com/us/album/d-y-b-t-h-l-y/1214490780?i=1214490784