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 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!
Informed Informed is what I wish to be No more mere entertainment Do I wish to see I want to be told The Truth Does that make of me For you too uncouth? If so too bad, For me No more half-lies Are to be had Tell me fully About my Christ I wish to Live Completely TOTALLY In the fullness Of His light So stop the silliness Half-lies of so much Of religious worship We see today Let the purity Clarity Of God's Word His Bible Pour forth Have full sway Cleanse our hearts Even the confused pulpits From which so many speak Transform us Lord Help us Your Words, Your Face only & always just to seek!
I was blessed enough to be able to ride my bike today on our Greenway System along the river and see some of the leaves on the trees starting to change colors. Even though it was a little cloudy they were still beautiful! Wrote a quick poem about it and hope you enjoy.
Autumn Flames Fiery flames Never meant to be contained Mixed among the greens The cooler colors Still your sisters, brothers Meant to complement one another Your warmer tones Float over my head & I do not have to enjoy Your beauty all alone Others, they stop Breezes, they blow Carrying your leaves To skip, to hop Over each & every stone So take some time After you’ve finished my Pale rhyme Enjoy your day & take the time to stay Caught in autumn’s Fiery flames!
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
Huddling We huddle in buildings On one particular day To throw a few coins up onto a stage Mumbling, Sing just one more song Hoping it won't last Too long Is that really The picture We want to paint Of today's struggling Church Do we go just in case We might need God to Help us out of A sudden lurch? What's happened To the passion, Devotion Of a first century It grew rapidly, Even exponentially Ah, to see That increase today!! But It takes courage Putting God first Before everyone, Everything So Let our songs ring Out loud the words sing Into our daily actions Out onto The busy, chaotic streets As other souls we meet In our hearts Do not let Christ's examples Abate As more & more His Holy Spirit We come to live out & to joyfully imitate!!
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