To Be Known

To Be Known

It feels like I was
Made by You
To live with You
By You to be known
Through & through
To exist with You

Praise You, Lord God
Praise You
Thank You for
Taking the time
Upon Your earth
To trod

Thank You
For my existence
For the joy of being
Able to listen
As You speak
Or are quiet
Thank You for still
Wanting us
Watching
Even at times
As we are so corrupt

So Thank You
For making us
To live so close
To You
Gathering us in
As our hearts
You try to win
And make us 
Your very own!

No Other Place

No Other Place

No other place
Except your shining face
To run to
When the walls
They collapse, they fall
One day you're
Standing tall
The next
Laying face down
In the dust

Amidst the rush
Of a world gone insane
Unceasingly creating
its own pain
For us
Of all this godlessness
There will be no gain

So for you 
Before it's too late
Make the Living God
Your strong portal
And be allowed
To start eternity
Through Heaven's 
Shining gates!

Second Death

Second Death

What is this I hear about 
A second death?
I thought death occurred
When I take my last breath
And that is it, the end.
But now God 
You say no.

For us You say
You have another goal
After all,
We are eternal living souls
Never ceasing to exist
What a wonderful surprise!
To live with You forever
In Your celestial skies

But wait, You say
I have a free will
For yourself you must choose
Follow my Son's path
His obedience until the last
For once your heart stops
& the divide between 
heaven & earth you move across
There awaits a reckoning

So,
As God now stands beckoning
Choose obedience's eternal 
Paradise
Because
For your rebellion's disobedience
For your second death,
Nothing but an endless Dark Abyss
Will be left

Inside

Inside

Wearing only human flesh
Inside heavens gates 
I am your guest 
Invited in only thru
The Purest blood
With it You wish only
Each heart to flood

But everyone must
Decide for themselves
If to obey the beckoning call
To reverse our original, horrific fall
Or

To stand outside those shining gates
Left Alone 
In the dark
With a howling beast
Watching those inside
Join in Your royal feast
Ah. . . . Your light's grace, mercy & love!!

Listen

Listen

Even above the clouds
Mere wisps of white over
The head
Sounds arise,
In low bass tones
In tenor notes so high
Music is constantly
Sung and led
Take the time to 
Listen

Notes spiraling
Circling
In, among celestial skies
Let your spirits fly
Let them to their highest
rise
Above this dusty earth

Walk through heaven’s 
Gates
Again, 
LISTEN
Angelic voices beckon
As their voices 
Any earthly heart
May awaken
To join in their praise also

Without restraint
Saints & angels dance
From their first glance
At their Creator’s 
Gleaming face
Removing every trace
Of any darkness

Cymbals clash
Out of heavenly instruments
Fairest notes constantly pass
To praise, to worship
On each tongue’s tip
His Name will forever last

So take time to listen
This effort you will not regret
At each note as it glistens
Shining, living
It reaches out to you to get
To encourage you 
To also join in,
And God’s heavenly 
Rewards you too may praise
And for all infinity win!

Dissipation (melting away)

Dissipation
(melting away)

My shell will dissipate
Allowed no longer
To participate
At this level

The real of me 
At last, 
will be allowed to see
My Lord,
God, finally
Will I with you be

To be lifted up 
On wings of bliss
O’ my soul
Of this I care not to,
Dare not to miss

Living in your light
Clarity, love & might
To know fully 
As I am fully known
All will be exposed
At last, your truth shown
By You, God,
To be eternally owned 
All this, from before my eyes
Will no longer be withheld!!