Sunday, February 28, 2010

BE STILL

BE STILL MY HEART
BE STILL

MYRIAD ARE THE WAYS
AND THE MANNER
HE ANSWERS
A PRAYER

IN HIS FAITHFULNESS
IN HIS LOVE
HE PLANS
AN ANSWER

IN HIS TIMELESSNESS
HE SETS A PURPOSE
FOR ME
AND FOR YOU

BE STILL MY HEART BE STILL
FOR HEAVEN LISTENS AS I WEEP

AWAIT THE SUNRISE OR THE SUNSET
AS HIS MASTERPLAN UNFOLDS.
FOR YOU AND FOR ME




HE

ONLY HE KNOWS

SOMETIMES I AM UP
SOMETIMES I AM DOWN

SOMETIMES I AM TIRED AND WEARY

ONLY HE KNOWS WHAT GOES ON

AND I CAN BE QUITE TEARY

SOMETIMES I AM UP
SOMETIMES I AM DOWN

ONLY HE KNOWS WHAT GOES ON
WHEN THE CLOUDS FORM
WHEN THE RAIN FALLS

FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET
OH ..PLS DO NOT WORRY.

MOUNTAINS

TO THE MOUNTAIN JESUS WENT
THERE HE COMMUNED WITH HIS FATHER

TO THE MOUNTAIN MOSES WENT
THERE HE RECEIVED THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

ON THE MOUNTAIN JESUS MOSES AND ELIJAH MET
THERE WAS THE TRANSFIGURATION

AND THE MONTAIN WAS WHERE HE WENT
TO SHOW HOW HUMANITY STRENGTHENED
CAN DEFEAT THE DEVILS TEMPTATIONS

ON THE MOUNTAIN HE WENT AND SAT AND TAUGHT
5000 MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN
AND SHOWED HOW GOD LOVES ALL

ON THE MOUNTAIN HE SUFFERED
FOR YOU AND FOR ME

ON THE MOUNTAIN OF THE SKULLS
IN THE HEAT OF THE NOON TIME SUN

HE ASKED THAT SINS BE FORGIVEN

AND THE HEAVENS DIMMED

BUT WITH FORGIVENES
CAME THE PROMISE OF A SUNRISE!!

FLOOD GATES

He opened the floodgates for Moses
and the sea parted

He opened the floodgates for Joshua
and the Jordan River stopped

He opened the floodgates for Gideon
and the armies of the enemy fled

He will open them for you
He will open them for me

FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN
FLOODGATES OF BLESSINGS

As I look up
on a moonlit night
in Weston Florida

I await the sunrise
and a sunset
and another sunrise
for then I shall bear witness
to HIS CONSTANT LOVE

HE provides far more
than we can ever ask

and we will give all He asks and
take all He promises

ALL THE RIVERS OF HIS GRACE
WE CLAIM

FOR ALL THE SUNRISE AND SUNSETS OF OUR LIVES.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD

AT THE FOOT HILLS OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY
SOMEWHERE IN PASADENA
OR WAS IT SOMEWHERE IN MONROVIA
I HEARD YOUR VOICE

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD

SURRENDER

SEE THE MOUNTAINS
SEE THE VALLEYS
KNOW THAT IN THEIR PEACE AND QUIET
I AM

SEE THE PEOPLE
WALKING PASS ONE ANOTHER
RUSHING THROUGH
SOMETIMES SMILING
OFTEN WORRIED
WONDERING IN THE DEPTHS OF THEIR HEART
WHERE THEY ARE
GOING
KNOW THAT IN THEIR CONFUSION
I AM

SPEAK TO ME
SING TO ME
DANCE IF YOU CAN OR WILL
WORSHIP ME

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD

SANDWICHED BETWEEN ETERNITIES

SHARED FEELINGS


Stillness punctures the night
Releasing the pressures of the day,
And sinking into the stillness
My body finds rest.
Expression punctures the soul
Relieving pent up emotion,
And leaning into the expression
My heart finds peace.
Thought punctures time
Renewing the mind,
And in permitting thought
My hands find work.
Supple, Saturated,
Sandwiched between eternities
By the ticking of the timepiece
I wait-punctured.

Punctured.. a lovely word when one has to speak of pain.

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