i prayed
and submitted
and waited to see
and when it
happened
i couldn’t believe
that was how it had to be
immediately
i was just a girl
but then it happened
gradually
i could see
he was changing me

it was at the end of the day
when the dust had settled,
gone away
and i was there just me
hurt, misread, a she
and cried out, dear lord
i am the same
unknown
unknown
will i ever be known

i noticed a sparkle
in the air
he was working
everywhere

friend
he was changing me
in real time so i could see
my prayer was heard
every single word
he was holding me
it just took time to believe

i surrendered all
all to him i gave
and in the moment
which he prepared me for
i wasn’t really brave
my reaction, quite the same
and i was a girl
with a name
but he is changing she
and one day
i will be
fully sanctified
fully sanctified

sanctified
oh lord that girl has died
the old has passed away
and i am here today
the dust has fallen down
and on my head, you placed a crown
that was given to me
by you
not by anything i do
but by the blood you shed
you willingly bled.

help me remember
my efforts put in
are clothed in worldly sin
but i can see the light
and how you do
all that’s right
you are fully shown
in the sparkle that i’ve known
and i can see you
i can know you
i can love you
so i will share you

i will
lord, i will
i promise forever
i will
so please fill me as i go
please let your sparkle now show
please build me up in you
please edify what is true
please use this lump of clay
i need you lord today
please let me see your hand
and help me up to stand
better still
and always in your will.