True Love

How do I know what true love is?

Well my heart screams good intentions because it was and is crafted by the perfect hands called grace,

Even when to a lot of people I was called worthless.

A no good dirty roughten kid who was just another face.

My mom and I were judged by the imperfect based on our own imperfections

And so she was depressed thinkin she was a disgrace.

So I’d look at her and ask mom, what’s wrong?

She would answer son, I made a few mistakes.

She was lost, kept hold by past memories

That devoured her from the unwanted treacheries

You can tell that Noah would have to build another ark

Cause there was so much flooding in her heart.

It didn't make sense to me though

I didn't understand how you could switch love on and off and just go

So confusion wrapped my mind like a blanket on a wintery night

As I wondered why my mom was giving up the fight.

Because they didn't know us, they didn't know me.

There were a lot of things that they couldn't see.

She was my hero, who did all she can to provide for me

Even as my dad was shootin the needle and making heroin his only priority.

So I grew up in a confused state

I never really knew who was real or who was fake.

You see my age didn't bring much maturity

But even still I could see this world's impurity

So at the age of 5 I prayed. Please oh please God hear my voice

And help my mom and I in our struggle.

Now it took a few years, but I’ll sum it up in a sentence.

He brought us from nothing, to a whole new level.

He brought us to our knees, and made us humble.

He gave us hearts with no boundaries

And He broke the very bonds from our past memories

The love of others intercepted our lives

And built us up with scripture as our guide

Day by day we were being filled up

And day by day it was our transgressions that was emptied from our cup

No more regrets and rejection from others

Cause God revealed Himself through the ones we now know as our sisters and brothers

So it brings us here today

Humbly making it our journey to honor and obey

Our goal is to shine bright, even brighter than a diamond

Even when the sin's covered me like dust in a coal mine and

That's how I know what true love is

Homeless to abundance

Depression to celebration

Lost to found

Dying to alive

When my mind is screaming a hundred different things

God just says, be still. I am.

I know we all have a similar story

And no it's not boring.

It's the sign of God's furious love

Yet his tenderness and beauty like a pure white dove.

Cause just when I thought I had enough

God's perfection put me above.

Some people would look at my past as an ugly demonstration,

But I look at it as my pure inspiration

Cause I beat those demons that told me wrong

And now I truly understand what it means to keep pushing on.

Which Means my story has no ending cause I still gotta take care of some business

But I can confidently say right now that God, You're What True Love Is.