Uncomfortable

Uncomfortable
by Joel Howard

Why O soul
Are you committed to yourself? 
So uncomfortable with mess? 
So addicted to success? 

Why O soul
Have you a problem with the pain? 
Have you a tendency to shame? 
So quick to shift the blame? 

Why O soul
Are you uncomfortable with dirt? 
Have you forgotten? Haven't you heard? 
That from its stuff you were made? 

Why O soul
Can you not sit with your emotions? 
Do you have to stuff them deep inside?
Or give vent to your pride? 

Can you not sit and watch for an hour? 
Can you not sit and watch for an hour? 

Why O soul
Have you not known the name of grace? 
Have you forgotten what it takes
To wipe your sins away? 

Why O soul
Did you not know your Master's name? 
Have you forgotten why he came? 
Please let the healer see the wound

Can you not sit and pray for an hour? 
Can you not sit and pray for an hour? 

Why O death
Must you try to master me? 
Must you try me constantly? 
Telling me I'm not loved? 

Why O sin
Will you never go away? 
Are you with me every day? 
A wound in my side? 

O Jesus
Teach your children how to pray
Teach our lust to walk away
Give us the pattern today

O Jesus
Have mercy on our souls
Teach us to mine for gold
In the pages of your Word

O Savior
Let us never run away
Let us never go astray
Its the reason we were made

May we sit and watch for an hour
May we sit and watch for an hour
May we sit and pray for an hour