poetry

Deeply Loved

No Matter where I am or what I see,

No matter what heavy feelings envelope me, 

I know this to be true,

I am deeply loved by you,

Forever and evermore

Your love endures...

{August 1, 2013}

Unnamed

Are they tears that stain the grass in the morning? 

Betrayal of a night long and cold? 

Why the sparkle when morning sun rises?

Can sorrow and anguish really beauty hold? 

How much time to transform pain? 

Can tears become diamonds of worth? 

Is there no shortcut to life and freedom 

without the pain and struggle of birth?

{April 28, 2013}

Only One

To Jesus Christ my life I give
my mind, my heart, my soul.
If I for Christ alone would live
I must all others forgo.

There is not room for two in me
an idol and my God.
For a time they struggled me to have
a battle fiercely fought.

My idols left me wounded
empty, filled with grief.
But when in my heart I let Jesus
'twas then that I had peace.

{2011}

Rescued

I am wretched, poor and blind. (Rev 3:17)

Righteousness, there's none of mine. (Is 64:6)

Come and take this stony heart, (Ez 36:26)

Remove it, God, break every part. (Mat 21:42, 44)

Please break down the high stone walls.

Please don't stop until they fall.

Pride and anger, lazy bones.

Please remove them from their thrones.

Make a change, oh God, within,

Till I'm free from every sin.(Is 1:18)

So tired, ready to give up.

But I must hold on, I cannot stop. (Gal 6:9)

My only hope, God, rests in Thee. (Ps 62:5)

You promised You'd come rescue me. (Ps 119:170)

Worn out, battered, week and bruised,

Behind me, the devil still pursues.

The world is cold, no place to hide,

No one in whom I can confide.

But then I see you run towards me (Ps 38:22)

I crumble helpless to my knees.

And just as he with hellish breath,

Closes in to bring me death, (1 Pet 5:8)

You step between and take the blow.

A standard raised o’re me does flow. (Is 59:19)

“Touch her not, for she is Mine.

Her name engraved on my hands you’ll find. (Is 49:16)

She may have many  faults of character,

A failure be in her endeavors.

But she with sorrow has repented,

I have forgiven and her accepted.” (John 6:37) {PK 589.1}

I run to You and there I'm safe.

A strong defense, a resting place. (Ps 59:16, 17)

A Rock where safely I can hide. (Ps 61:3)

A place no enemy can find. (Ps 31:2)

Your voice I hear, I know it's true.

"I love you, child, I've rescued you."

Oh what love! How wide, how deep?

With tears, a flood of praise I weep.

Safe within your arms, I’m free.

You are my Prince, You’ve rescued me.

{commenced 12/18/08 | completed 1/26/10}

"Fly On My Wings"

God Whose hand a galaxy sways,
Bend Your ear now as I pray.

Though in me no good is found,
I touch my face to holy ground.

Within this universe so big,
How did You hear the tiny twig,

That cracked beneath my plodding feet,
As my way I made to this retreat?

Now to my knees I trembling fall.
The sky engulfs my silent call.

Why Your attention's drawn to me,
I'll never know, I cannot conceive.

Though a host of demons try
With doubts and fears to mute my cry,

Somehow my heart believes You're there,
Though why, I see not, You want to care.

Oh God, why me, this wretched child?
For I Your plan now have defiled.

For one so wretched as I am,
You should have struck out of Your plan.

 Though You knew no one would care,
And they, Your justice, think was fair.

Yet still with love and gentle hand,
As though n'one else in line doth stand,

You shape and mold the broken heart
Into a yet more wondrous work of art.

As though the authentic score this is,
The song plays on, no beat is missed.

My selfish strokes, my discordant notes,
With unrivaled skill into chords You wrote.

But as the measures die away,
I hear the melody I played.

My faults are not without reward,
For He is pierced with my discord.

And when the justice blow is fallen,
The universe is silent, solemn.

For it was Love You chose to give.
Sent Him to die and let me live.

So now upon the Rock I'm broken.
Naught of my love is left a token.

I long to rise above the flesh,
To breathe in deeply Love's air a fresh.

With my tears the ground is moist.
Your way now I want to be my choice.

But I have no strength, I'm scared to try.
You whisper, "On My wings you'll fly."

{January 2010}