Make me new.
This is my prayer. God has redeemed my heart and washed me clean. He has changed my soul and yet,
I know I have a long way to go.
And so my prayer is:
Lord, make me new. Make me into the person You want me to be, the person I was meant to be. Don’t let me settle for a mediocre life or for what others want me to be. Make me new.
In January of 2010, I wrote and recorded a song to be used on the teaching DVD for my book Divine Design. Here are the words:
Make Me New
Verse 1
Looking at the same old me
Seeing mediocrity
Wondering if this was all that I was meant to be
But I don’t want to be the same
Make me into someone new
Alter my whole spirit into something You can use
Chorus:
Make me over
Transform my heart
Refashion my spirit and take me apart
Make me over
Renew my soul
Knit me together and make me whole
Make me like You
Make me new
Verse 2
Peel away the layers of
Selfishness and stubborn pride
To be more than I am now is like an ache inside
‘Cause I don’t want to be the same
Make me into someone who
Looks less like me and more and more like You
Chorus
Bridge:
Lord, design my heart to match Your grace
The empty years You can erase
Fashion my heart ‘til there’s no trace of me
‘Cause I don’t want to be the same
Make me into someone who
Looks less like me and more and more like You
Chorus
Recently, I figured out how to get the song on iTunes and other online music retailers. If you want to hear a snippet or purchase the recording go to iTunes and type in Sharla Fritz or click here.
Lord, make me like You.