Whispers
Whispers in the night as
Grace pours down like water
Sweet love as the spring rain
Tag: peace
I Marvel At You, Marvelous You
Taken breathless for a moment
Held in, strong arms
I am captivated by you
I am in awe of your love
Here, in the quiet place
Where you speak to me again
From your word, in each breath
Of my own, shaking heart
Where you have made your home
I marvel at the thought of it
Fight For Me
I stand amidst battle cries
Armies raging all around
I cannot help, but hear the sound
Of others screaming, victory
But yet in my heart, I know the truth
I am no warrior still
I have not the heart, nor the will
To fight for that, which I know is right
So who am I?
Am I a warrior?
Or a saint?
Do I, with all my soul paint
An image for a greater purpose or
Do I simply muddy the canvas with
My broken spirit, torn by the flesh
Doing only that which I, think and feel as best.
For I am, truly broken
I am sorely lost
Given over to my fantasies
I delight, in all the wrong
Toiling under blazing sun, all the day long
For that, which is putrid
For that, which feels right
But in the end, will leave me broken and
Torn up beyond repair, far more lost than I ever planned
Truly, truly I am lost
I am no warrior still
So what purpose can I serve
What can I do?
What good or noble thing, lest it be by you?
For I am sorely lost, so sorely lost without you
So God in heaven, hear me
Hear my broken song
Help me to cry out, my soul to wholly long
From the deepest places, for You and only You, declaring
My God, my God
Fight for me!
You’ve called me to battle, but
I am no warrior, nor a saint
I cannot rhyme, nor sing
Or do anything apart from you
Oh God in heaven
I cannot fight, I can scarcely stand
Nor even look, up to your hand
I can only cry, here at your feet
My God, my God
Fight for me!
For I’ve heard, in holy places that
You, oh Lord
Fight for us and
Even make, intercession
For our broken souls.
Crying out, for mercy in
Spite of, our brokenness
Bringing justice, yet mercy the same
So please, my God, my God
Pray for me!
High Priest of heaven
You who wear, the victor’s crown
Slain, and risen Savior
Do, as only you can do
Bring life to my depravity
Bring purity, to my sinfulness
Bring fire, bring water
Bring all of you, that I might be
Wholly Yours, my God, oh God
Have mercy upon me
Please would you come
I am no warrior
I am no saint, without You, I am lost
I am not worthy to even speak your name, and yet
You know my heart the same
So great, and mighty God
Come do, as only You can do
Take these broken pieces of a life and
Fill it, with Your blood
That I may be, my own no longer
No longer sold out, to worldly pleasures but
Wholly given, wholly surrendered
Fully, in Your arms
That I may be, Yours, and only Yours, my God
Move in me I pray
Jesus, God of heaven, with all I am I’m asking
Would You come, would you move in me the same?
I know I am broken
So easily, recklessly lost
But yet your blood has made a way
For me to be made whole
Your word has promised, that I
Even one as broken as I, can come
In repentance, to Your throne of mercy and
Find rest, in You alone
In You, the great Mystery, in You who is
Even singing, over me
Jesus, I’ll rest in You alone, for it is You
You who are fighting for me
Hope for the Dawn
Hope for the dawn, comes
Blazing through the night
From fires high, and far away
Whose light is closer than a breath
Always constant, never failing
His love is like the starlight
His mercies, renewed every morning and
New as the dawn
Whose faithfulness, is without equal
Through night or any storm
Whose loving kindness, never changes
Whose mercy has no end
So I will hang on, until the dawn
Trusting in Your name alone
For You alone, can bring me through
My Refuge, my strong Tower
My God I’ll cling to You
Even till the dawn
Be with me, Lord keep me
Keep me here with You
Keep me, till the dawn
My God, on You I wait
A Steady Ship
A steady ship
Is not one, driven by
Chaos of the storms or
Wills of captain driving her
A steady ship is not the one
Laid upon the shore
Destitute of purpose, or desire to
Soar upon the waves
A steady ship, is one anchored
One founded, deep in love
With confidence, in the One who made her and
In the One, who calls her home
From across the waters He calls
From across the sky He teases
And ushers to come deeper, further
Deeper into love
For life is a storm
Chaos, is the heart
Without peace, without Guide
But love, but peace is One
One who walks upon those waves and
Bid them to be still
So no matter what may come
Nor storms, nor crashing waves
Of heart or soul, of mind and thoughts
Or even of, daily life
I will trust, in that anchor
I will trust, in that One
The Ocean, of love
The Lord of a thousand seas
The One, fairest of all
More beautiful than skies and waters
Him who speaks, and wind does cease
Him who whispers, and all grow silent
Him who is, more than enough
He calls me His beloved one
He who tames, the seas and waves
It is He who calls me to rest
And trust, in His great name
For His glory, for His fame
For He is worthy, of it all
And He is, so good
So wonderful, forevermore
So vast in love, so wonderful
I praise Your name, forevermore
My God I sing to You
Faithful
With each wave
And every crashing, of the sea
Against the wall, the fortress
Of You, I find
You to be
More than enough for me
Faithful, and true
Steadfast, in the rain and
Good, forevermore
Even in the trials and
Even in the waves
Still You remain
No matter storms, that loom ahead
No matter waves, that crash around
Still, You remain the same
Faithful, through all days
My Shelter, my Hiding Place
My only One, my only Hope
My God I cling to You!
You, who have never failed me and
You, who never will
I trust, in Your great name alone, I
I cling to You alone!
Stars
Memories of brighter days
Flicker in the night sky
Alight with wishes of the past and
Surrounded by the black of present
What beauty can there be in this
These relics of the past
So distant, so cold and yet
So surrounded by the infinite
Of eternal, distant black
A reminder, not of past but of
Future lays here in
For in that distant sky,
Burning bright with stars, we see
Hope, of tomorrow
Etched across the heavens as
He labors, above it all
Reigning, over everything
The King of Heaven, and of earth
Who knows each star by name
Therein, that sky has written in
A memorial, to His great Name
For distant stars, were formed by Him
Eternal darkness, where He walks
Each light, He knows by name and
Each figure formed by His hands
So when we look, up to the sky
Be not saddened by the past that once
Dwelled beneath these stars
Nor be troubled, for tomorrow or
Frightened for today by
Endless, mysterious black, or by
Those distant twinkles of light, that seem
To dim as days go on
Instead remember, the One who formed them and
Knows each one by name
And He who knows, that infinite blackness
And holds eternity in His hands
Take these memories, of past and
These reminders of the infinite
And see in them, the peculiar glory
Of Him, who bid them to shine and
Placed them there in, those Heavens vast
Exactly where He willed
For His purposes, for His plans, they shine
And He knows them all by name
Just as we, here on the earth
Are too made, and formed by His hands
For His plans, and purposes
May we submit, as they in Heavens do
To shine, for Him alone
And in our shining, in our obedience find
Peace, like no other as
We meet, face to face the One
Who knows each star by name
And too, knows us the same
May we revel, in His majesty
Now and forevermore
He who hung the stars, and too
Would come to us, and make a way
That He could
Know us the same
Through His Son, the eternal born of Heaven who
Died upon a tree
And rose again, in victory
To stars above(‘s) delight
To break, the bonds of hell and
Shatter powers of darkness
How marvelous is He
What a King, what a Savior
May we praise Him, forevermore
And remember Him, as we see
Those lights, hung in the Heavens
May we praise Him who holds them there
And too has redeemed us
That wonderful Savior, the everlasting God
May we praise His name forevermore!
My God we cling to You!
Dancing in the Rain
Which takes more courage,
To dance in the sunshine or
To dance in the rain?
To revel, in happiness
Beneath the blazing summer sun
When all is well, and nothing’s amiss
And world sings a happy song
Or is it nobler, to
Instead dance when sorrows fall
Like rain on weary household and
When all around falls away
I propose, both are well
But to dance in the rain, takes confidence
In One above circumstance
In One above the rain
For, to be happy in sorrows is
Impossible, unless trust is found
In place other than circumstance and
Instead in One who controls them all
For then, if such One is trusted
Above what eyes may see, and heart may grieve,
Then, my dear, you are free to dance
You are free to triumph in the rain
For your joy, is not on circumstance
Nor your trust, on worldly peace so fleeting
But in One, who will never fail
In One, who is always faithful
In One, who is forever good
In He, who is forever trustworthy
In God, whom we can trust
Who gives us strength to dance in the rain
And the joy to smile while doing it
Even as the sorrows fall
For our trust is in Him
And He will never fail us, no
Not even in the rain~
Dare to Hope
Do we dare to hope again
When world around, is falling down
When grief out matches what words can say
When sorrows go beyond mind can comprehend?
Do we dare to believe in a day
When hope is found once more
When people learn, to hope again
A time when broken hearts are made whole?
I dare say, a day is coming
Indeed, it is already here
When there is a hope, when there is peace
When there is an Answer
This Hope, has a name
This Peace, has a face
This Love, has a voice
This God, has not forgotten us
So in these hours, of deepest pain
In these days, of brokenness
Do not forget, there is still Hope
One above still remains
And though He is painted as
Fiction, of broken men
Dear friends, I promise You,
He certainly is not
This One is a living God
A Savior, who hears
A Lover, waiting to comfort You
A Healer, waiting to redeem
So do not think, all good is lost
That generation is, beyond saving
For there is a Savior, there is a Redeemer
Waiting, with arms stretched out
With arms open wide
To comfort, to heal
To redeem, as only He can
To save these broken ones
And He is only, a cry a way
He is present, in this darkness
So dare, oh darling
Dare to hope again
For He is here~
Beauty in the Pain
In painful labor, filled with agony
Mingled with joy, as soul is brought fourth
Into world for first time
There is, both pain and beauty as
Life is welcomed in
As promise born, millennia before
Comes to fruition in the cries
Of small, baby boy
The Messiah come to earth to save
To bring to life those dead
And too, years on
As promised in Scriptures written
Long before He walked the earth, that baby now a man
Suffers and bleeds, in pain and torment
Bringing life to the world
As He bleeds upon the ground
Beaten, bruised, and shattered there by men
In all the pain and torment, in the agony and gruesome scene
Still, there is beauty as
Savior bears the weight of sin
There on the tree, as He hangs
Suffocating from the weight
Of own body and of sin
He dies, the earth shakes
And death is defeated
For that man, once infant born
To virgin in a stable
Was no ordinary man, no ordinary person sentenced
To die by crucifixion
He was not just a prophet
Nor was He one of many
He was, as He said He was
The very Son of God
Come to bring life to the earth
In infant’s cries, and final shout
As veil rent in two
All the earth was paid for
Every soul redeemed by that Man, the perfect One
Who died in our stead
That every man, who calls on Him
And acknowledges His sacrifice
Could be, brought into Life
Out of sin, into Him
Made whole and perfect by His blood
By His tender mercies
For such is He, our God who came to save
And makes beauty in the pain
The Mystery Pursued 