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Giving It Up
I will lay it all down My future and my past Lay down my selfish desires And to You, hold fast I can’t change my past I must face this truth And I cannot know the future I must give them both to You I must lay down All worry and shame Choose to receive Continue reading
Christ, Christian Poetry, Fear, Forgiveness, God, Gratitude, Healing, Hope, Love, Poetry, Redemption, Trust -
Natural Rhythms
The breath in our lungs Every inhale Every exhale A rhythm of mercy The beating of our hearts Every pulsation Every relaxation The cadence of grace The words from our lips Every expression Every articulation Our chance to give thanks Continue reading
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Blackened Stone
A blackened stone In the palm of my hand Once it was white Once it was grand Once it shone bright Like a star in the night sky A precious pearl The apple of God’s eye Then I ruined it Scarred its perfection Now every time I see it I feel so wretched The black Continue reading
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The Father’s Song
Flow over me Cleanse my soul Words of life In beautiful tone Echo within Like a rich thunder Pierce my gloom With notes of wonder The tide swells Music crescendos A fervent beat Starts a new tempo Anguish of heart With joy entwining Carries my soul On the path ever winding Continue reading
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Dread
I am lifting a mountain Holding back the tide My back pressed against the door From a killer trying to take my life I am holding off his blade Inches from my heart On the brink of a waterfall With my ship breaking apart I see beneath the ground I stand To a bottomless pit Continue reading
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Lighthouse
You shone Your light Into my dark world Pierced the night of my sorrows With the power of Your Word Your truth illuminates The shadows melt away My path is lit up Like beacons on a runway You led me back To the path of Your calling Had mercy on me When my life was Continue reading
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Apocalypse
I have seen the apocalypse I have seen the end I have seen the disaster That is just around the bend I saw my dreams Slowly shrivel away My blooming flowers of thought Succumbing to the decay I marked the loss A gravestone in my heart Attended the funerals Joined the casket march But in Continue reading
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Division
This world is so brokenIts cracks run deepThere are great fault linesRunning through every country Bring your healing LordOvercome these dividesUnify us as oneMake us into one tribe When every race and every creedCan sing as oneOnly then will we reflect You, LordOnly then will we reflect love Continue reading
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Dawn & Dusk Intro
I write poems of light and dark. From the darkness of my experience of depression to the light of my faith and hope in Jesus Christ. On some days, my poems feel like a brightening dawn. On others, like a deepening dusk. But always I hold on to the truth. That the light will overcome Continue reading
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In the Battle
Lift up your headThough an army approaches Look to the heavens Look to where your help is See the light Piercing through the cloud Know that I am here And the two of us make a crowd Though you hold A sword and a shield I will fight this battle Make your enemies yield As Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 