May the peace of God
Bring life to you
May the word of God
Bring you promise
May the grace of God
Shine light on your path
May the joy of the Lord
Be the greatest you can have
May the love of God
Guide your strength
May the power of God
Be your shield
And through it all
May you be
What He has purposed you to be
And may life
Fill you with the greatest
To the height
Only God can reach!
Sunday, July 27, 2008
SIMPLE THINGS
So who said life was hard
Who said it was tough?
How can it be
That when the birds sing
The beautiful music
Can only fill the air with
A beautiful symphony?
How is it
That the seas give life
From a breeze of freshness
From a sight of blue peace
From the beauty of life's best
Water?
How is it that
The skies are blue
And turn dark
To bring life to the earth
And joy to playful children
That will run
For the dust is finally gone?
How can the trees
With their greenness
Only shed beauty
Beyond imagination
Beyond simple thought
Beyond what we know?
How can life be hard
When all God's given us
Shows us how
Wonderful He is?
How can we fail to see
That in this beauty
He actually has made all
Simple
And that we
Can only say to Him
Thank You?
Who said it was tough?
How can it be
That when the birds sing
The beautiful music
Can only fill the air with
A beautiful symphony?
How is it
That the seas give life
From a breeze of freshness
From a sight of blue peace
From the beauty of life's best
Water?
How is it that
The skies are blue
And turn dark
To bring life to the earth
And joy to playful children
That will run
For the dust is finally gone?
How can the trees
With their greenness
Only shed beauty
Beyond imagination
Beyond simple thought
Beyond what we know?
How can life be hard
When all God's given us
Shows us how
Wonderful He is?
How can we fail to see
That in this beauty
He actually has made all
Simple
And that we
Can only say to Him
Thank You?
Friday, July 25, 2008
DESIRE
For the flesh my eyes yearn
For gossip my ears
For the forbidden my hands
For pleasures my heart.
I yearn for what I hate
Only to bring me pain
When to myself I heed,
And fear of higher things
When to temptation I yield.
Now I will die
Now I will wander off
Yet when on the track I remain
I am amazed
At great grace
Of a God that loves me
And slowly puts me back
On the track.
For gossip my ears
For the forbidden my hands
For pleasures my heart.
I yearn for what I hate
Only to bring me pain
When to myself I heed,
And fear of higher things
When to temptation I yield.
Now I will die
Now I will wander off
Yet when on the track I remain
I am amazed
At great grace
Of a God that loves me
And slowly puts me back
On the track.
THE VOICE
In patience
I stand and wait
For a voice
That stands above all,
It directs me
To the valleys of life
Slowly bringing me
To where the hills are.
I stand and marvel
When in the valley
At how high the hills are,
In them I see
Life's dark forces
Yet in the slow move
I see the hills
With their glorious triumph
Over great valleys
To tell me
You can get here
Just follow
The voice.
I stand and wait
For a voice
That stands above all,
It directs me
To the valleys of life
Slowly bringing me
To where the hills are.
I stand and marvel
When in the valley
At how high the hills are,
In them I see
Life's dark forces
Yet in the slow move
I see the hills
With their glorious triumph
Over great valleys
To tell me
You can get here
Just follow
The voice.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
On That Cross
On that cross
Was I set free
Given life's new lease
Let into the world
That I may share change
And see others bow
To the Name of Jesus.
Was I set free
Given life's new lease
Let into the world
That I may share change
And see others bow
To the Name of Jesus.
THE CALL
Did we hear that voice
Did we even hearken to the call?
Did we understand the truth
Did we even let it sink?
I wonder
Why when we had it so near
Only far did we run.
Our feet carried us further
To a world of despair
A world of pain
A sea of anger and greed
A desert of emptiness.
Did I hear that voice?
That sounds like Me
For now not we, but I
Can respond to the call.
Only God speaks
Only one human reaches it
And then
I am qualified.
Did we even hearken to the call?
Did we understand the truth
Did we even let it sink?
I wonder
Why when we had it so near
Only far did we run.
Our feet carried us further
To a world of despair
A world of pain
A sea of anger and greed
A desert of emptiness.
Did I hear that voice?
That sounds like Me
For now not we, but I
Can respond to the call.
Only God speaks
Only one human reaches it
And then
I am qualified.
AGAIN
I know I have erred
That's not your choice
And yet before you
I come again!
I come again
At the throne of grace
To rid myself
Of the past
Of the sin
Of the spot
Of the wrinkle.
I come
With only a beaten heart
For a new robe
For a new heart
For a new me.
I know
That when You are done
I will sit
Rejoicing
You have done Your part
And again
Reunited to You
Will I be.
That's not your choice
And yet before you
I come again!
I come again
At the throne of grace
To rid myself
Of the past
Of the sin
Of the spot
Of the wrinkle.
I come
With only a beaten heart
For a new robe
For a new heart
For a new me.
I know
That when You are done
I will sit
Rejoicing
You have done Your part
And again
Reunited to You
Will I be.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
WELCOME
This is my second blog, solely dedicated to what I love most, poetry. I know sometimes this can be what the world hates most, especially because poetry has always been seen as something that is abstract and therefore hard to ever make sense out of. Ths poetry is dedicated to the years of service to my God, the experiences in salvation that have shaped it and the people I have learned a lot from in my Christian walk. I guess it will be good reading. Have a blast!
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