What does it take?

What does it take
for the building of mountains
the growth of a forest
the shining of the sun
and the crushing swells of the sea?
Is it from the brute of Your strength
The grip of Your hand
The waving of Your finger
Or simply the blink of Your eyes?

What does it take
For the birth of a child
The growth of adolescence
The shining of adulthood
And the crashing swells of death?
Is it from the brute of Your strength
The grip of Your hand
The waving of Your finger
Or simply the blink of Your eyes?

What does it take
For the beginning of covenant
The growth of a promise
The shining of persistence
and the crushing weight of sacrifice?
Is it from the brute of Your power
The grip of Your sovereignty
The shining of Your mercy
Or the gaze of Your love? 

What does it take
For the start of acceptance
The growth of affection
The shining of commitment
And the crushing swells of love?
Is it from the brute of Your strength
The grip of Your hand
The waving of Your finger
Or simply the blink of Your eyes?  

What does it take
For you to love a sinner
To give an offering of reconciliation
To shine your endless grace
And hold the promise of redemption?
Is it from the brute of Your power
The grip of Your sovereignty
The shining of Your mercy
Or the gaze of Your love?  
 

What does it take
For You to pursue my soul
To give me Your unspeakable peace
To shine the piercing light of Your hope
And to hold me fiercely in Your arms?
Is it from the way You see me through Your eyes
The grip You have on my heart
The words you desire to put forth from my mouth
Or is it within the expanse of Your everlasting love?

These things I do not know in their fullness
But the depth of Your answers seizes my heart.