You Dare

You Dare

You Dare
Above my head you fly
Chariot wheels to rip apart the sky
To bless my life so much
As I approach Glory’s Throne
Seeking Your love to trust
But you do 
Daring the impossibles to do
My imagination’s limits you refuse
And Morning’s promise of new Mercies
Every day to endlessly, infinitely renew

Golden Cross


A Golden Cross

A cold day arose
Over a cross of gold
Never was one so sublime
Throughout all
knowledge of our history & time
But for only this one slice of a day
Would be it allowed to hold full sway
Over the Son of God

Even through all our jeers & our taunts
His holy purpose we could never daunt
Bearing all our hatred,
Toward heaven he raised
A face so bloodied & so gaunt

But even then,
Was our Lord able back to win
from the depths of dark satan's clutches
The glory of our precious souls
So that at last & in the end
We an infinity could live within
The brightness of His Holy Glow!

Living Stones!

Living Stones

Living stones are we all
Even if the hard exteriors fall
The inner fires remain
By Infinity's word sustained
Proving over and over again
God's beauty, His love's power
Is not given in vain

Each believer in Christ
A living stone 
In a new kingdom
On the rise
Headed toward the purity
Found only in God's eyes
& His Eternal Celestial Skies!

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!

Huddling?

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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!!