re-post: disturb me

i have posted part of this before...but it has just been on my heart again.
so if you've already seen it....
......um, i guess you may leave. :)


disturb me for the one whose given up

for the one who’s perseverance has run out

disturb me for the heart that knows no love

that looks everywhere else to find their worth



disturb me for the one who lives in chains

for the one who’s captive in the prison of their shame

disturb me as a former prisoner of despair

whose warden was her own jealousy and fear



*burden me so I can see your heart

that my hunger might be for something more

teach me how to serve 

with words of grace and hands of love

i long to feel the dust around your feet

disturb me

disturb me in the places of my heart
that have hardened, become numb to life
disturb me out of comfort zones
remind me of the passion with which I once burned

disturb my happiness
that I may seek joy in you instead
disturb my busyness and noise
let your whispers be my guiding voice

*burden me so I can see your heart

that my hunger might be for something more

teach me how to serve 

with words of grace and hands of love

i long to feel the dust around your feet

disturb me