Possession

You Are Mine

I will come to you in the silence
I will lift you from all your fear
You will hear my voice,
I claim you as my choice
Be still and know I am here

I am hope for all who are hopeless
I am eyes for all who long to see
In the shadows of the night, I will be your light
Come and rest in me

Do not be afraid I am with you
I have called you each by name
Come and follow me I will bring you home
I love you and you are mine

I am strength for all the dispairing
Healing for the ones who dwell in shame
All the blind will see, the lame will all run free
And all will know my name

Do not be afraid I am with you
I have called you each by name
Come and follow me I will bring you home
I love you and you are mine

I am the word that leads all to freedom
I am the peace the world cannot give
I will call your name, embracing all your pain
Stand up now walk and live

Do not be afraid I am with you
I have called you each by name
Come and follow me, I will bring you home
I love you and you are mine

copyright David Haas

We all resist the idea that we are not in control of our lives. After all, God gave us free will. And for those of us American, the idea that we will live free or die trying, is ingrained.

Lest we forget, free will is a gift. In David Haas' hymn "You Are Mine" God "claims (us) as (his) choice," an idea that no matter what, God possesses our souls. But when we use that gift of free will we come to recognize that God is "the word that leads all to freedom." It is only when we surrender the control to God that we are truly free.

And that is the comfort of this hymn.