Something In Me

I always thought myself to be strong
Until I met You
I realized how weak I truly am
Emotionally I cannot handle life
But I surely don't want death
I couldn't handle the truth
But you humbled me
Until I could no longer deny it.
Then you began to build me up
Giving me strength from the inside
And it's been keeping me.
Life isn't any easier.
This isn't some fairy tale.
But there's something new inside me
That won't let me quit like so many times before.
There's something in me that keeps me thankful
And mindful of where I came from.
I always thought myself to be strong alone.
But it's only through you that I can do this.
You live in me.

I press.

I press
Past the temporary
Past the moments
Of frustration
Weakness
Anger
Confusion
I press
Beyond my comforts
Beyond the usual
Selfishness
and independence
Because I need God.
I need Him more than ever.
More and more
Do I struggle
With this life
Outside and inward.
And so I press
I press towards the One
Who can save me
And love me,
Giving me eternal life.
And that means more
Than everything I press past!



Phillipians 3:8-14

⁸ More than that, I count all things to be loss ^[a]in view of the surpassing value of ^[b]knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, ^[c]for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, ⁹ and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, ¹⁰ that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and ^[d]the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; ^11 [e]in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

 ¹² Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on ^[f]so that I may lay hold of that^[g]for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. ¹³ Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.