FOG IN THE VALLEY

Something about park benches and rocking chairs
Taking long walks in cool clean mountain air
Watching blue clear skies as the sun melts fog in the valley
Coming to the plain simple truth of life's always changing melody
Admitting there's so much more to learn as I travel down this road
Being still while you feel reality burn the weight of the load
Adding another unexpected piece to the puzzle
Ever aching within from the constant struggle
Of nothing more than this day to day life
Exceedingly thankful for right now, and yet still grieving at the same time.

BURN IN ME

Holy Passion of God
Deepen what is there
Have me, Hold me
Keep me in prayer
Take all that is yours
Burn in me holy truth
From thoughts to action
Demonstrate, consecrate, and prove
I am yours forever
All for your glory I live and move...

And let go of every earthly thing
Come awesome power and bring
The Kingdom, Your glory
Redeeming love be exalted
To the highest place
For all that you bestow grace upon grace
Burn in me faithful desire
Divine purpose, Holy love
Be the center, the first, the last
You are forever and only more than enough.

I WILL REMEMBER

I remember you laughing to tears
I remember your squeeze tight hugs
I will remember you Mother
For always and ever your love...

You have touched my soul like nothing else
Your words, your prayers have carried me
All your sacrifice and pain and suffering
Continues to challenge, encourage, and comfort me.

ABIDE IN HIM

Time has come and gone
Yesterday is a memory
Of trials, triumphs, and struggles
Wrestling with reality
What has been
Will never be again
Zero five zero six eleven
My mom has gone to heaven
Her deep love lives on
In the hearts of her children

THE UNSEEN (Ten days before my Mom passed away)

Thank God I do not go by what I feel or see
I feel like I cannot breath
Almost fainted but you revived
And reminded me
I will continually fall down at your feet
And worship You my eternal reason to rejoice
I will stand on the Rock Christ Jesus
The unseen faithful High Priest who is ever interceding...

DARKNESS TO LIGHT

Night is turning to morning
Coming to You with everything
That I can do nothing about
I will lay against your chest and wait
Run into You where I am safe
Let your words take hold of me
Cause me to trust and believe
Without doubting or fretting
Simply obey and speak your word
Help me God to lay it all down
And remember YOUR LOVE NEVER FAILS!

MORE

A sudden whisper I hear
My Lord, The King is near
And with Him a procession of purpose, endless courage
Write it down, mix it with faith, be nourished

Look upon the truth, let it fill all of you
Let freedom sanctify, wash, and cloth
Make you ready and be all that you know
An assurance of change somehow sustains
Inspiration like sunlight dancing in the rain
A gentle joy comforts my mind
You're in me and I'm in You forever in time
Though now, through daily duties and chores
I miss you, I seek you, I long for more

While all else continues to come and go
When the day is spent, keep me close
I will gladly wait and live to explore
Guarding attentively all my windows and doors
Choosing the blessing and not a curse
By letting everything else take second, I put you first.

Shaken I shutter to think, to feel, I must
No presence is more real, I receive, I trust
What I have known in you
Your blood poured out to prove
True love surpasses flesh and bone
It gives, it does not seek its own

Overlooking mistakes, empowering deep within
Giving vision desire with a hunger to begin again
It pleases you to delight in me
This free-willed little one who sometime cannot see
Your love does not change
Good or bad day
You want me just like this
No matter how unprepared, unsteady, every bit, all the way.


2 Jan 2006
I Thess 3:8

BELOVED JEWEL

Please fix your mind on the promise, the prize - Jesus Christ. If you have Him, you will not lack any good thing. Should it temporarily appear you are missing something or someone...Be still. HE IS GOD. May your need only serve as opportunity to draw closer to the One who loves you most. He alone adds to you what is needful and necessary. If you do not have something, you must not need it. Give Thanks. The King of love is faithful to provide even the smallest detail of care and affection.

Do not be discouraged by the struggles of life. Even a beautiful butterly has to pass through struggles to find the strength to use the wings she has been given to fly. God is with you. You were made to overcome.

TIME IS NOW

Stop putting off
What needs to be done
Wearing yourself out
With unnecessary worries
Filling your pockets with earth

Let it all go
What you think you know
Leave your burdens
And the weight of the world
To the one who loved you first

Fall on the strongest shoulders
The One who made it all
For us to enjoy and reflect our friend
The time is now
To draw near to Him

Glorious joy, love, and desire
The Prince of peace, the all-consuming fire
Arise and let Him shine on you
Put away the excuses
When you know the time is now

FROM THE LOFT

Gratefully collapsing
Resting from the rest
Existing just for you
Longing to give my best
Hidden treasures tucked away
Shining beneath the stars
Listening intently to your voice
Playing quiet rythyms on my guitar
Receiving healing, songs, and sounds
To feed the hungry hearts and lay their thinking down...

From the loft
Prayers are spoken
Peace covers me
Hope fills the air
All my troubles
Like waters gone by
I am confident
My Redeemer is near.