But then there was
A shaking in the ground
It knocked death off his laughing chair
Tag: Poem
The Serenades, Part Two
Now the bride, what became of her?
Surely she was confused by the night’s events, after all
She was wed to death, bound for eternity
And now
Well, now she wasn’t sure
Imagine
Imagine where those feet have walked
Imagine where those bones have stood
Imagine who those arms have held
Imagine who those hands have held
Imagine for a moment
All of humanity, stretched out
Like a canvas, or a novel
Like a page in a book to be read
Imagine who has read that page
The Good Captain
We have our orders
So steady on,
Steady on
Further, into the depths
Stars and Galaxies
When one looks, into the night
And sees the star above
One sees, the one star
Shining brightly through the dark
Shining, its light to earth
To the world, and people below
Telling, of the goodness and fire of
The One who set it aflame
When one looks, into the night and
Sees, galaxies
And stars beyond count, wonders without measure
Shining brightly through the dark
Shining, its light to earth
To the world, and people below
Telling, of the goodness and fire of
The One who set them aflame
The night sings a song, each star
A melody its own
But when one listens, to the chorus of the universe
One hears
Glory, of another
Beauty, of another name
Fire, of a holy God
The One who hung each star and
Still loves us the same
Who set, galaxies in motion
And holds the world together
Who by His hands, keeps the universe together
And our lives the same
How good, how great He is
This mighty One, of Israel
He, who holds it all together
Who holds our hearts, and
Galaxies the same!
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
For the Dawn
I watched, and waited
Eagerly, anticipating
The dawning, breaking light
That never was to come
In a world of darkness, with no hope
Light is, just a dream
A memory, of a past long gone
Lost in our own vanity
Now I gaze, over the cities
Waiting, for the light of day
Never to come, for we are too lost
Our fires have gone out
And I fear we will never burn again
So all is dark, for now
Only one candle remains
One small light, in a world of darkness
Begging us to hope again
And at last I see it,
A tinge of light, there
Coming on the horizon
I rise, and shout to the city
Dawn is coming!
But see, none stir
No one rises, from their slumber
They sleep, content in darkness
Not wanting to wake and see the light
Rising up before them
And now, I understand it
Why the light, has forsaken these lands
We have stopped desiring it.
We have stopped needing it.
Our necessity, for light has faded
To a contentment in the dark
So even now, as the sun rises
None wish to see
All our happy,
Safe in slumber
Dreaming of the night, and hoping
Darkness prevails
For night safer, darkness is comfortable
Light is blinding, revealing all
Men’s hearts prefer to hide their sins than
Confess and find repentance in the light
So now I see, as the sun rises
We are in need
We are in desperate need
Of fire, of a hunger
To see the light again
Darkness remains, for now
But I see the sun is rising
So for the dawn, I will wait
For the light, I will pray
And keep on walking, keep shaking
These sleeping ones, in hope they wake
To crave, to yearn once more
To see the sun again
To burn with fire once again
Now we gather, we few who hunger
Given our need by the light itself
Breaking through the blackness
We wait, we pray
For the dawn, we will yearn
For fire, we will cry
To see our homes alight again
To see our city burning bright once more
That all the darkness will flee
Every shadow, will fall
Every chain bound around us will fall
As our Savior rushes in
Riding the wings of the dawn
I know, it is not too much to hope for
I know, revival is near
So we wait, so we pray
We hunger, we cry out once more
For the dawn
For fresh fire till it comes
For need of Light, and love of day
Come burn in us again, as we wait
For the dawn
A Moment
“Just a moment,
Just a moment please.”
A boy whispers, on busy street corner
To loud and toiling world around
A woman stops, for but a moment and
Wishes to say more
But with dismal glance away, she shrugs
“I’m sorry.” and keeps walking
Again, he tries another
“Just a moment sir,”
To busy man, with things to do
On way to important meeting
“I have no time.” He says in a rush
Putting up his hand as if to hush
The boy, and pleading eminating from
His kind and weary eyes
Again, another perhaps
This will be the one
A child, walking by
Holding mothers hand
“A moment,”
He asks,
Eager for reply
As child looks, and meets his eye
The two smile a second as
Time seems to stop
Eyes held, in contentment
Gazing into one another
“Come on.” Mother pulls
And yanks young girl away
Off on some busy trip
Away from boy, her friend never met
But felt there in that gaze
Then we see, after the people
Keep on passing by
The truth, of the boy
Not a boy at all
While seemingly clad, in tired rags
We see, a peculiar, mystery
The boy, the man in fact is
More than he appears
Mighty, holy
Powerful
Held in human form
Kind, gracious, compassionate
Loving, and just forever
For boy, is no boy at all
But Spirit, holy
But Creator, loving
Asking us, for but a moment
To lavish His love upon us
For us to stop, in busy days
For but a second, and to see
As girl saw, in those eyes
Something, too wonderful to describe
Yet therein, lies
A peculiar, miraculous peace
Mingled with courage, love
And jealousy
Beauty and terror alike
The boy, boy no longer but
Man, fully grown
Hands pierced with nails
Head, bearing thorns
Walking off, towards calvary
There, on the busy street corner as
None see, nor care to notice
Condemned man, as He really is
But merely scoff, and laugh or even
Do not see Him at all
For busy-ness, and focus on
All the world around Him
But this Man, keeps on walking
Whether world acknowledges Him or not
Towards His task, His Father’s will
Full of pain, and suffering and yet
Peculiar, brutal beauty
Of tale of jealousy, of love
Mingled with passion, and justice
Wrath and mercy alike
That culminated, there on that tree where
Jesus paid, the price for me
For world, and us too busy to
Even know His name
Us, too blind in sin to
Even see His face
Us, too lost in anger and rebellion to
Even care to know His name
He still died, there He hung
For us, for me
That we might go free, and be
His, and His alone
Redemption laid,
Upon a tree
Our debt paid
By Him we owed
Our futures made alive in Him
Who died, so we could live
Free, from sin and death and
Free, to live for Him
Him who is so wonderful, so beautiful
So matchless, forevermore
To Him, dead no longer but
Risen, from tomb to heaven where
He sits enthroned, on praises and
Remains, at the right hand of the Father
Praying for us,
Interceding for us
Us, the once fallen
Now given life, in His blood
Us, so loved
Us, so desired
Us, so lost without Him
He waits for us to come
To Him, and find
All we could ever need
In Him, the crucified
The Risen, Redeemer
The loving God, the jealous Lover the
Just, and passionate Judge
Both beautiful and terrible
Perfect in wrath,
And mercy alike
So good, and so wonderful
May we praise Him,
And His great name
Now and, forevermore!
Him who is so merciful and
Him who is so good!
But may we not forget
That boy, on street corner
That Man, that Savior
Who made Himself available and
Redeemed us from our sins
May we not, leave Him on the cross
Nor let Him lie, in the grave
But remember, Him the living God
Our victorious King
And too, the loving Father
Who sent His Son, to die for us
Who beckons, by His Holy Spirit, that we
Come, for but a moment and
Many more, for all eternity in fact and
Come and spend, time with Him
Him who never fails
Who loves us so, who gave Himself
Who loves us as a Father and
Who adopted us, as His own
And who too, is within us
Burning, like fire to
Give us grace, and utterance to
Worship Him, in His strength and
Pursue Him, in our weakness
To follow Him, to lead us to Him
The three in One, the everlasting
Who calls to us, out of heaven and eternity
That we come, and spend a moment
With Him, in His Word
Making ourselves available
Open, to hear His words and
Even hear Him speak
That we may be, more like Him and
Know, His love for us and
Even more than this,
There, in the secret place
So run to Him, keep Him not waiting
Run to Him, for He is enough!
Victory
Above every distraction, above every lie
A battle cry rings out
Singing of the victory
Of the risen, reigning Lord
Who already fought the battle and
Who already won it
So we on earth, need not strive
To win, thing we could never attain
But that we might simply rest,
In Him and, who He is
And praise, His victory
Praise the One, the risen Son
Who died, and rose again
Who stands
Faithful, forevermore and
Reigns on High, above it all
Victorious and true, forevermore
Matchless in all He does
In mercy and
In justice alike
May we praise His name, forevermore
In songs and testimonies of
Lives lived, for His name
Of days, and breaths taken, for His glory
To Him, who is most worthy
To Him, who is so good
To Him who is unending,
Matchless, in all His love
Merciful, and true forevermore
May we trust His name alone!
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
The Mystery Pursued 