Bless the Lord

You give and take away
for my good,
For who am I to say what I need,
For you alone see the hidden parts of me
That need to be stripped away,
And as you begin to refine,
I’m learning to let go,
To rely
On the One who walks with me,
as hard as it may be.
You’re teaching me all the while
to say,

Bless the Lord, O My soul, all that’s in me bless Your Name;
Forget not your power untold, not your glory or your fame,
For you came to heal the broken, to redeem and make me whole;
Bless the Lord, O My soul.

(From the song, Bless the Lord, by Laura Story)