Psalm 139 For Teens
God you have looked deep into my heart and know me like no human ever could.
You know everything I do and everything I feel.
You know exactly what I’m thinking every moment of every day.
You know what time I get up in the morning, you know how many hours I’m on facebook without even looking.
You know when I wake up with a big pimple on my face and how that makes me feel.
You know when I’m late to school, when I’m late to class, when I’m late going to bed.
You know my status updates before I have posted them.
Really, you know my status updates before I have even thought of them.
Before I even pick up my phone, you know what I’m going to text.
You see into my heart and understand exactly how I feel when I read my posts or texts or when I look and there are no posts or texts.
When it feels like no one could ever understand the pain, you do.
When I can’t even describe how I feel, you get it.
You are there when I cry myself to sleep at night.
You catch every tear.
You know when I am curled up in my closet feeling like things will never get better.
You understand when I don’t understand anything.
I can’t explain it, but I know this is true.
Where can I go to be without you?
If I get in my car and drive miles away to college- you will be there.
If I work hours and hours just trying to escape- you will be there.
If I go to a friend’s house and forget who I am- you are there.
If I go where I have never gone before, done things that I have never done before, said things that I have never said before- still you are there.
You are never too far away that I can not simply say your name and fall into your arms.
There is nothing that I can do to make you love me any less.
Nor is there anything that I can do to make you love me any more.
You love me completely and fully-right now- just the way I am.
But you created me with a purpose.
I am meant for more than the things this world has to offer.
You had a plan for me before my mother and father even met.
You carefully designed every part of me and I was created to honor and praise you!
I do praise you because you have handcrafted me in your image.
Your image is beautiful- I know this to be true.
So, I must be beautiful as well.
Before I was born, you were already with me.
You watched me grow and develop.
You had a plan for every day of my life before I took my first breath!
And how much I love that you want to spend your time with me!
When I don’t fit in, I fit in with you.
When I don’t have the right clothes or car or electronic gadget,
You don’t care.
Lord, when the mirror and scales just don’t look the way the world says they are supposed to,
Remind me that I only need care about what you see.
When I don’t get the job or get in the club, remind me that you define me, not the world.
When I do get the promotion and win the contest, again, remind me that you define me, not the world.
I know that it doesn’t matter what people in this world think of me.
It only matters what you think of me, Oh my God and Savior.
I am yours. I belong to you.
Look deep into my heart, Lord. Let me know what it is that you want me to do.
Make it plain and clear to me the direction in which I need to go.
Tell me what words to speak, or not to speak.
Stop me when I am about to take a step in the wrong direction.
Put something in my path to tell me, “No! Turn around!”
Open my eyes so that I can see the path you have set before me.
You have a plan and I want to follow it.
Lead me, God.
Lead me as I make my way. Lead me as I learn and make mistakes. When I fall, help me to get up and keep going.
I know that your hand is outstretched and waiting for mine to hold on to it.
I know that if I hold your hand and stay close to your side that it may not be an easy journey, but it will be an incredible one.
adapted by Carol Haymes 2011
