BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD

Fly leap
Hold fast be free
Lock your eyes
Fix your mind
Remember who you are
Stand on the Rock

Pronounce the blessing
Forget the past
Learn of Him
Cast your cares
Be unafraid
Confess His name

Blessed be the name of the Lord
When things go wrong
When all seems right
When I am weak & unable to fight
When it appears all is exhausted
And I feel that I have completely lost it

Blessed be the name of the Lord
I never really needed anything like I need you now
Thanks for allowing my eyes to be opened to the truth
My only real source that never runs out is You
Thank You for choosing me, for calling me
For never giving up on me, for waiting so patiently

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Who gives sight to the blind and busy
Who awakens with understanding those that are sleeping
Who keeps His children day and night
Giving them all they need for life
Blessed be the name of the Lord.

ZEPHANIAH

Many times
I am on your mind
Everlasting Father
My place to hide

Knitted and formed
While I was yet unborn
Being held together
By your strength

Cast upon you from my birth
Touch the earth arms outstretched
Longing to be held by you
My place to hide

You dressed me in your love
Your word healed me
Crying with hunger for what is right
Constant desire to seek and find

Truth is my only hope
To weather these storms
And be found comformed to your image
My place to hide

NOTE TO SELF

Pick up your armor
Hide yourself in God
Be helped

Be more than a good person
Live for more than work
Do not be afraid of getting hurt

Standfast
Listen more
Never take the easy road

Keep letting go of things
Hold onto no one
Cherish what is true

Examine yourself daily
Face the fire
Get ready... He's coming soon.

AS HE SEES

Our bodies ache to be clothed
In little more than this temporary
Growing weary trying not to faint
Confusing business of day to day
Longing to be held, to behold
The beauty of the Lord
To see Him come in the clouds
Break into this here and now
Collapsing the blur
Making ready the unsure
Justice stand up
Mercy has made a way
Love speaks the truth
We all need to pray
Lay down our lives
Be humble and exercise
The power we have been given
To heal and set free
To see all
As He sees

DESERT

Some where near the edge
I layed me down and slept
So tired from the fight
Inside and all the words unsaid

Beauty of the morning light
Touch my face with your heat
Waking up on solid ground by the fire
The Word of God is my feast

I choose to live in Your strength
To stand upon the rock
Taking no thought for my life
You are more than enough

Sipping on living water
I am washed from within
Ready to walk the distance
To run with You again

All You are surrounds and fills
And makes me come alive inside
All the words You speak
Keep drawing me in to You

Touching every part in me until
You are all I could ever want
Take captivity captive
Let understanding come

Friend of the poor - I am yours
Restorer of what is broken
You have become my constant quest
My hunger and my portion.

WRAPPED UP

From the very beginning
Before I knew
Or could begin to understand
The place You would have me to stand
I was wrapped up in You
Falling down
Hiding my face
Living in denial
Not knowing who I am
I was wrapped up in You
You sent Your word
To get my attention
You kept me from wasting time
Spared me from regrets
I was wrapped up in You
You keep me from falling
Drawing me deeper
Revealing Your secrets
Mercy and truth
I am wrapped up in You.

CLOSE

Love to watch you work
All the ways You do
In the middle of the mess
You teach us to rest
Digging in the dirt
Observing the fields
Strengthening the weak
Scattering the seeds
Breaking up the ground
Watering the thirsty
Praying continually
Choosing to love us first
Dressed in this earth
Coming close enough
To let us touch Your scars
And fill us with all You are.