HIS RETURN

Day is coming
Better start running
To the finish line
Stop wasting time

Night is falling
Deception blinding
Distractions are many
Excuses are multiplying

Stop wasting time
Better start running
To the finish line
Day is coming

His return
Let us be sober
Pay attention
Be about our Father's business.

MERCIFUL SOVEREIGN

OH HOW THE LORD LOVES TO BE MERCIFUL
HE LOVES TO HEAR HIS PEOPLE PRAISE
HE INSPIRES THE BROKEN TO HEAR A SONG
AND THAT SONG GIVES US STRENGTH TO PRAY

HE BUILDS INTRICATE AMAZING HEARTS
FROM THE GARDEN HE KEEPS NIGHT AND DAY
HE WATERS, HE SANCTIFIES, HE PURIFIES
HE CALLS FORTH AND CULTIVATES DEEP LOVE AND TRUTH

HE ALONE HOLDS THE UNIVERSE TOGETHER
AND QUIETS THE MOTHERLESS CHILD
HE LIVES TO MAKE INTERCESSION
HE RAISES THE WEARY FROM THE DEPTHS

HE ALIGNS THE LOST TO FIND THEIR WAY
MERCIFUL SOVEREIGN GREATEST OF ALL
HE IS THE REASON WHY WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE THANKS AND PRAISE!
OUR STRENGTH, OUR SONG, OUR EVER LASTING KING

DRAW NEAR O PEOPLE
ALL WHO HAVE AN EAR TO HEAR
DRAW NEAR O PEOPLE
CALL UPON HIS NAME

SOVEREIGN MERCIFUL PRECIOUS LORD
HIS WAYS ARE HIGHER
HIS TIMING IS PERFECT
HIS LOVE IS DEEP

I REALLY MISS YOU

Sometimes all I can do is stare at her picture
I really miss her
I see her in my dreams
Almost a year has past since she's been gone
She lives on...
I think I hear her voice or feel her hugs at times
Oh the pain of growing up
Of missing the ones we love that leave us behind
The memories that become our companions
And the faith that grows by standing
In grace we find mercy to face the hard times
All of God's word proves true
Thankful for all the time we had
And the times that are yet to come
Thankful you took the time to teach me Mom
I really really miss you.

LITTLE LIGHTER

Oh Lord, to whisper your name To think of all the ways You have saved me Thank You for hearing my prayers With all the heaviness of day to day Prideful, distractions, and vain imaginations I look to You - divine deep truth That accomplishes great things and gets to the root I am a little bit lighter When I hold on in the midst of the fire When I wait for a moment And realize that You are with me

LITTLE LIFE BLESSINGS

To whisper your name And count the ways You have come to save me

FOREVER MORE

Alive with hope and energized by love
Understanding responsibility and reason
I am grateful to be by the fire meditating on truth
Tasting the sweetness of this season
Being reminded that waiting never stops
Even when everything is subject to change
Patience is born of humility and trials
Love is equal parts joy and pain
Sweet burning embers of my heart
Reflect the glory of the Lord
Keep His word ever before you
Focus on forever more.

And by the fire may it come to you
A deeper knowing than ever before
Love is chasing you down
Never gets tired of holding your heart Leading you by the hand Look up to heaven cast your cares
Do not put your hope in man
Only the Lord knows your smallest need, hope, and desire
He alone is the strength of your life
and your every prayer by the fire Focus on forever more.

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.