Hope
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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
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Ravine Haiku
A Easter Haiku Deep ravine splits usOur aching hearts call across Your bridge made from blood Continue reading
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My Support
I am beaten but not broken Forgotten but not a nobody Beset by challenges But none have managed to stop me Jesus, You bring me to my feet Clothe me with Your mercy Your hand holds me Though I sway unsteadily Walk me step by step Don’t let go of my hand I will need… Continue reading
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Perspective
What seems like a loss now, God can use for good. I walked alone Lost in the night Candle fading And there was no other light The waves towered My belongings lost I clung to the mast And wept at the cost Now I walk in the night No longer alone God my guiding star… Continue reading
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Forecaster
Depression is a forecaster And a bad one at that It took me a while To learn this important fact He gestures dramatically At his clouds of woe Sweeping in from afar Driving out all hope Tomorrow always heralds At least some sprinkles of failure And there is always a possibility Of powerful gusts of… Continue reading
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Thirst
Quench me But may I always thirst for more Increase my capacity But also my desire for You, Lord Let my heart be an ocean That forever breaks its borders Let my joy be a river That forever flows over When the well within me Becomes a cesspit of despair And the clouds of hope… Continue reading
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I Burned and I Bled
I burned and I bled Was dipped in boiling water Imprisoned in damp cells My feet placed in mortar I felt the stark isolation Of a darkness ever-deepening I felt the force of water Of a tide never retreating I sang songs of woe To empty skies at night Scrawled words of agony In a… Continue reading
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Truths
You are free Untangle yourself from lies Know your true worth From the ashes rise Comfort in your pain Strength when you are weary Christ is in You Overcome in His victory The ultimate sacrifice given Our enemy defeated Our battle already won In heavenly places, we are seated Continue reading
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Cry of my Heart
An empty cry From an empty heart The sound of a yearning That could never start Surging like the sea Its roar so immersive Thrashing in frustration And yet no one else sees it But You see it And You understand For You too faced pain When You came down to these lands You draw… Continue reading
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Deeper
God’s passion surges In the rolling waves He waits with great longing For those He has saved But many stay by the shore Building little castles of sand Only dipping their toes in When life gets out of hand But if we sail out to sea And seek after His presence We are drenched in… Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 