To His Majesty

Father Sometimes I don’t get it

And somehow I expect

Everyone else to.

I wonder if men won’t destroy themselves

Then I realize I may be first in line!

God help me to see reality

Not my own warped ideas…

Humility is not my best trait

Maybe I need more humiliation

To make me see.

 

God Help this poor creature

I do not understand easily

Representative of God?

More like an outlaw and a rebel!

An unwilling vessel, think of that!

Maybe when I get to heaven

By your Great Grace

I can get a job washing dishes

St Francis seems to have learned

Quite a bit from it

I need to learn too……

 

 

 

 

Near to Me

 

He is near to me

Because I desire it

His comforting hand

Restrains my willful intention

He gives Direction

Leading me in paths

Few have trodden

Except the Righteous.

The Loneliness is great

So great at times that I fall

Yet it teaches me to see him.

As long as I am the center

Of My Universe,

God is a cruel tyrant

But if in His eyes

I find my purpose of being

Then to conform me through trial

To overcome the Rain

That falls on the just and unjust

Is what teaches me

And proves His Worth in me

To wicked men

And wicked rulers

Who hear and despise

According to their rules

Their reality, Their light.

 

 

 

Bright lights, little lambs

 

Bright Lights, Little lambs

Joyful hearts all Aglow

Ready for work, worship

To Pray and Be prayed for

To Breathe and feel breath

To Hold and be held

We Joyfully abound to you

You make a path

A path, a way to life

In your sheltered hearts

We have grown

But we come out of our shelter

To identify with you

To Join your beatings

Stonings, lashings

The mocking of the Crowd

Shall be ours

The derision of the rulers

Shall come.

Even Death that wicked terror

That we may have one, even one

Single drop of Resurrection Power

Resurrection Life, And the hope of Glory

The Glory that will dwell richly in us

Your little lambs obedient and silent

To the Altar—The Altar of Sacrifice.

 

 

Breath of God

 

Breath of God Breathe

Breathe upon me

And I will live

I did not live before

I was mired in deception

Steeped in the chains of bondage

Bondage to believing a lie

That I was all right

No need to change!

 

But now I know better

I was steeped in darkness

Surrounded by Shadow

Hatred was my cloak

Fear my pillow

Pride my blood

Death was my meat daily

But you remembered me

 

You brought me to my end

To my final resolution

To my utter crucifixion

And as I lay dead

You breathed upon me

And I lived and was free!

Free to love and live in You

Forever and Ever, Amen.

 

 

 

The Thunder Rolls

 

The Thunder Rolls, It speaks!

The voice of the seven thunders speaks

Do I hear it? May I seal it up in my heart.

Let me not forget His voice

Or forget the ways He has shown me

He has imparted a vision, a way

A Holy priesthood, Children baptized in love

Raised in compassion, ministering peace

To Proclaim the favorable year of the LORD!

Satan cannot curse what God has Blessed!

Was Balaam capable? Or Saul? Or Herod?

No, They all failed and went into the pit!

But the Favor of the Lord is with the Children

His Children know His voice, He knocks and they open

He comes in and Blesses the house and eats with them.

And there is Favor in the house of His Children.

The Thunder Rolls and it speaks, seal it in your Heart

As the Lord has spoken it, it shall surely come to pass……

 

 

 

 

Unity

 

Behold it is good

For Brothers to dwell

In Unity

Even as the sun shines

Upon all things

So we should receive

Each other in humility

Do the stars cease their shining

Because one displeases them?

Do the flocks cease to bear their young

Because of the intrusion of the wolf?

No the stars shine

And the flocks bear young

Each in their season

They know the wicked are trapped

In their own traps

Their hatred swallows them up

It renders them blind

Their children devour their memory

And they are gone

But the righteous multiply

And do well in the Land…..

 

 

 

Beautiful Savior

 

O’ Lord, You are beautiful!

You Reveal to Me, Secrets

Secrets held in the Heart

Of A Living God!

You nail it every time

Even if I miss it

My motivation shall always be

After your Presence

After your Spirit

To Dwell in the Divine

Rapturous Joy of A Savior!

The Embrace of my Beloved

Shall be with me always

For your worth is proven

Again and Again

Even though I do not believe….

But now I have come

To a place of Understanding

You meet me where I am

You are HERE,

You open your Heart

And Baptize me in your love

I am whole, I am whole

Thank God I am whole

Amen.

 

 

The Lightning Strikes!

 

The Lightning Strikes!

And the Thunder rolls

The Darkness covers like Sackcloth

But you are with me

You comfort me

In the day of Trouble

In the day of Wrath

When enemies roam about

And those calling themselves Brother

Lift up slanderous words

An Accusing voice

But you, O’ God

Establish me.

You Vindicate me

Before the nations

I am persecuted all day long

For your name’s sake

Thank God for this blessing!

That I may be conformed

To His Christ’s death

That He may vindicate

My life on That Day

And I might inherit

Eternal Life, Eternal Love

An Eternal Heart and Home.

Amen.

 

 

 

The Renewer

 

I AM the Renewer of Dreams

I AM the Renewer of Hopes

I AM.

There is none like ME

I AM GRACE

I AM Repentance

I AM A Renewing Stream

Bringing LIFE to all I touch

 

Trust not in idols

Temples made of man

Nor in anything made of dust

But trust in that

Which comes from ME

For I AM

I AM Able

I AM Willing

I Am Here with Open Arms

See No Other

Love No Other

Serve No Other Before Me.

Bow low and Worship

And Let Me Transform You.

 

 

 

The Other Side of It

 

And Now I Stand, On the Other Side of it.

I wonder what I shall do

Now that I am here?

I look around to see my part

To see where I fit in

Where is my place in this?

Where is my family?

That I may sit with them,

In their place?

Where are my friends

That I may talk with them?

Where is my wife

That I may love her?

 

But you say: “Here I am.”

“I am all you need

I am your satisfaction

Your hope, your full need

You can go on

Drive down the Highway

On and on

Because I will be all

You will ever need

I will fill you up

When I have made you full

You will pour out rivers

Of Living Water

And they will come

From the nations

I will fulfill My Promise

Upon My Child

I will remember you

Let Me be your source

Your life, your joy

The beginning and end

Of all things.”

 

Clear my mind

Clear my eyes

Clear my heart from wanting

I choose to ignore loneliness

To forget sorrow

To follow the road you have chosen

You are my peace now

I will have no other

My hope is in you.

Bring me rest.

Amen.

 

 

 

 

Small Enough for You

 

I am not great

I have no great strength

I struggle sometimes with faith

Believing you can do all things

But you are true

You reach down to where I am

And you lift Me up.

You encourage Me in the midst of the storm…

‘Be of Good cheer and lean upon Me’

‘For I am with you. My grace is upon you.’

Do I believe it? Can I just be me,

And simply trust that you will come through.

Do you want to come through.

Help me Lord, to just be me

To look up to you, as a child to a father

And be small enough

Small enough for you to be great

Small enough to show yourself strong

Small enough to show your love to me

Small enough for You.

 

 

 

His Promise is True

 

Are you sure, Lord?

I am just One man

With an old wife

How can I be a father

Of Nations?

 

Are you sure, Lord?

I was someone, once…

A prince of Egypt

With ability and power

But now……

But now I am just a shepherd

On the back of a desert

I cannot even speak

How can I be a deliverer?

 

Are you sure you chose me?

I was a shepherd

The least of my family

How could I be king….

When I take my neighbor’s wife

And then kill him?

How can I be yours?

 

Woe unto me!

For I am man of Unclean lips

Who is unworthy to stand

In your presence, Lord

How can I be your voice?

 

My beloved friend and master

I desired greatness

But I found no great man

I denied your name

Yet you say

‘feed my sheep’?

How can it be me?

 

Lord, Blessed savior

I stand in your light

A man undone in his own unselfishness

My righteousness as rags

My zeal the arm of cruelty

I persecuted your children

I persecuted you.

Are you sure it is me you want?

 

I stand here broken

My heart, My will is broken

My life is ebbing away

I am not the man

Not I, but another

I am a failure

 

“Do not say you are a failure!

Do not say you cannot

I am the God of the Impossible

And the Possible.

My Grace is sufficient for You

My Mercies are made new every morning

I love you, so Open your heart

Trust in Me

For I will never put to shame.”

 

 

 

Let God be God

 

Patience! Let God be God

You should be yourself

Let your yes be yes

Let you no be no

Live transparently

Live fully in Christ

The Complete man

A Fully orbed man

Gentleness with vision

Love with Truth

Knowledge guided by Spirit

He does only what the Father wishes

He says only what the Father says

He is the Perfect Son

The True example of God

He is patient, Abiding

As a Lamb, He waits

Even unto the slaughter

He lets God be God

Let me be myself

Let me rely on God

Not on my ingenuity

How great is the darkness

How dark my ingenuity can be!

How unreal MY reality is!

Let me let go of my ideas

Let God be God

Let God be God in me.

Let me rest in the Shadow

Of the Most High

Truly.

Amen

 

Flow River Flow

 

Flow, River. Flow river flow

Peace, Gentleness, Control

By the Master’s Hand

Who guides the bow

Who touches the string

And makes melody flow

A River to the Nations

A River to the Peoples

Let Zion rejoice!

Let the nations rejoice

At her coming into her own.

Flow, river flow

Let my heart rest

In your everlasting arms

Let me know you are Father God

The one who Loves ME.

The one who picks me up

And Loves Me.

Who brings Me to rest

And fills Me with Peace

He fills me with Joy

Overflowing!

A River to the nations

A River to All peoples

A River to the Brokenhearted

A River of His Love

Unconditionally.

Amen.

 

 

 

Calm.

 

Let there be a calm spirit in you

Let your heart be renewed

Let it break forth

As the morning dew

Let it Shine forth

As the Sunrise

Our song rises up out of the shadows

Like the Birds calling forth from the trees

He Remembers my estate

He has filled my empty heart

He guards the path I trod

The treasures of my heart

Are in HIS keeping

He will not forget

His covenant

He is faithful

He will be faithful to you

He Remembers you

He does not forget your estate

Let a calm spirit be in you

Let your heart be renewed

Like the dawn, Like the morning

Remember your song

And trust.

 

Prayer #2

 

Remember the Cry!

The cry of the foreigner

The poor, needy ones

Who come to the door

And weep

Forget them not, Dear Lord

I Cry! I weep for them.

Their estate is in your hand

You are their defense, their Shield

A Rock in a dry place

Cool water in a desert

Remember your word

Your covenant

Remember the ones

I don’t understand.

Help me to love them

Help me to intercede, to pray

I want to remember

And not forget

For the day when I am a foreigner

In a strange land

Where you shall welcome me in

To sup with you

To share and love.

Because you are faithful

Always faithful

Everlastingly so

Amen.

 

 

Restful Quiet

 

Bring peace, Lord, To this place

A sense of Restful Quiet

A praise of calm delight

Hurry is gone

The insanity of business

Has mellowed into peace

Let confusion cease

Let the waters pour over my soul

Soothe the aching life with you

Your oil brings light

A Revelation of unneeded worry

Let the winds blow thru me

Blow out the dust within

Restore to me

The Joy of your salvation

Restore me to the love of you

For your name’s sake

Satisfy, Satisfy

For your name’s sake

Amen.

 

 

The Child

 

The life of a child

Who takes nothing seriously

Save the voice of the Father

Who plays with Wild Abandon

A Heart of Wonder

Only God can fill

Endless Adventure

Ever seeking, ever searching

The unending rides

The eternal vastness

The deep mystery

Of the things of God

Loving wholly even the villain

Refusing the darkness

Embracing the light

Seeing clearly the duplicity

Of a man like me.

Let me be a child

Not of innocence

But purity tried by fire

One that is childlike

Deliberately

Not without recognition of evil

But greater yet….

In recognition of your truth

I Can Do Nothing

Apart from YOU

I can ONLY reach YOU

As a child

The little child brings liberty

The Son brings liberty

Let me be a child, a son, a father

Amen and Amen.

 

 

 

Trust, like a River

 

It flows like a river

No beginning, no end

Always flowing, always flowing

From the mountains to the sea

If flows in winter and summer

In good times and bad

It waters everything it touches

It brings life…..

 

Trust is a river

It is continual

Flowing from the mountain of God

To the seas of people below

Continuous and constant

Never momentary

Never circumstantial

It flows in good times

It flows in bad times

It flows through me

When I am connected to HIM

Will I dam it up

Because I think I know

A better way?

 

 

Deliverance!

 

You have broken the back

Of the oppressor

You have bound up

My tormentors

You have lifted me up out

Of the pit

Joy breaks in the morning!

The shadows have truly

Flown away!

I shine in the light

Of your glorious presence

I dwell in the glory

Of your righteous throne

The chains that once bound me

Are broken forever

I will never mend them

 

Your grace of pardon is given

To the one Your Heart Loves

You make my heart dwell in safety

Forever

You open the paths of God before me

You shine the light upon my way

You hold in your hands the blessings

Of obedience.

But my eyes are only upon you

My heart sees you alone

My love is reserved for my groom

Who will take me up into His arms

When the day is done

And show me the fathomless reaches

Of His endless Love

That His name might be praised

 

That He might be know

For what he truly is

Righteous!

Just!

Holy!

Merciful!

The fountain of Hope!

The Standard of Glory!

The Banner of the Victory of Christ!

The well of Love that never runs dry!

The peace that passes all understanding….

The one my heart loves

There is no other name

By which man might be saved

 

His name means ‘hope’

And trust in Him means

Everlasting Peace

Faith in His name means

Security in His Judgments

He is like no other

He is above all things

And all things will be

Put under Him.

That all creation, All time

All that was created will know

That HE is worthy to be praised

And there is No Other.

 

Freedom

 

You loved Me so dearly Lord

That you would crush me

To save me from the very thing

That is killing me

 

Righteous Father! Love me with a Perfect Love

Hate with a perfect Hatred

The thing that is wrong with me

Release me from the chains

Of my selfishness and pride

 

Love me to DEATH

The death of the old me

The trust in the things that were ‘safe’

Eating me alive…..

 

Freedom! I desire Freedom!

Not independence

True freedom is only

In union with YOU

For without YOU

I will quickly become

A slave again!

 

 

 

River of Liberation

 

The River is flowing

Flowing thru me again

Flowing from the throne

A River of Life

Bring A flood of Reality

Clarity to the Soul

Freedom fills My Spirit!

Not the chain of independence

But a releasing of the bonds

Unlocking the fetters,

Releasing the Chains,

Set my spirit free

Fill my heart with overwhelming Love

Flood my eyes with light

Flood my mind with your truth,

Open the gates of Praise

That I may enter your courts singing

My Joy is more than I can contain

Let me express my love to You

From Everlasting to Everlasting

You are Faithful

Abundant in mercy, longsuffering

Your patience is astonishing

Let it flow through me

Let me be still

And know you are God

From Everlasting to Everlasting

Amen