Focused
Focused on You, may my thoughts ever be
Entangled with yours, clear my eyes, help me see …
Glimpses of grace, fragments of home
Reminders to me that I’m not alone,
In fighting this fight, in conquering sin
So present, so real, so embedded within …
This world where I live that turns a deaf ear
To what’s noble, what’s right, what’s true, and what’s clear,
In your Word, from your lips
On the cross, beyond the grave.
I am free from the curse
I’m no longer a slave,
To my past, to my fears
To mistakes in younger years.
You were there, you are here
You are present, you are near.
To lend your power
To perfect in me
All that’s not holy
All I’ve yet to fully be.
So fix my eyes, Lord, fix my heart,
Fix my thoughts, all on Thee
Walk me forward, walk me home
To the place I long to be.
Next to you
Hand in hand
Heart to heart
You’re where I will stand.
Even now
Even then
Even always,
Amen.
(F. Elaine Olsen, 10-13-16, all rights reserved.)
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Meet Elaine
Author & Speaker
God began the sacred conversation with my soul from the earliest of ages, and I have spent the past five decades walking the path of such a gracious grace. He has marked me forever for kingdom living and kingdom loving. My overriding hope and desire for my life is to live as authentic before my Creator and his created.