this Christmas
may your soul shine
as you take time
to reflect on God above
and love your family
and see your story
is from His hand
of love
for you are here
and His Light is near
so lay those burdens down
this tiny Child
is here for you
so put away the frowns
and rest in His light
rest in His peace
rest in His joy
may you be free
and not anxious
for you are precious
for you are here
and His Light is near
for you are loved
from above
He came
to be
with
you
waiting keeping watch searching scanning horizons i didn’t realize that i was looking for you all my life waiting for our once upon a time to begin
when i saw you i ran to meet you on the shore of our journey after all these years i now know i would choose to wait and let a thousands tides come and go and let the lonely time pass me by if it meant i could be near you hear you say my name yes i would search for you night and day and wait
this voyage called life a perilous quest under storms at night and bright mornings of peace living out vows that we said when we were kids you’re still choosing to stay beside me i’m still choosing to stay beside you
across all the wild wild seas that are behind us we found treasures a guiding grace that will lead us a slower pace that will ground us a grateful space that settles our minds navigating these later years we get to wait together love together
sitting here with you waiting here with you remembering here with you we wait for one day the journey will end until then we get to wait together love together be together and in the waiting practice staying come what may you’re still choosing to stay beside me i’m still choosing to stay beside you we wait
a sleepy dawn awakens above a gentle rippled river
colors dance with clouds azure meets crimson
i hush my soul and listen listen to the voices and the noises
trying to discern which way to turn to join this dance of light and fight the gravity in me so much to do so i just choose to be
put the camera down enter the beauty of all i don’t see access doors are open heart and mind in loving union
in the losing life is found in the losing life is found
new day shines and sings colors bring a smile or two we journey on some journey through this beauty brings to mind there is so much more to find than momentary distractions they leave me fractured i want i need i thirst but all this greed whatever it is i choose to feed seems to get a hold of me i want to let go i want to be free in His truth i will be the true me and shine and fly with colors bright and soar and seek and risk this self and choose to love to sing to breathe and start remembering i was meant to fly i was meant to see and one day be in eternity
i don’t think i would mind getting lost beneath a gold and yellow sky watch the crimson snow leaves gently settle at my feet smell the pine soaked breeze be as still as the trees as they surrender their beauty and let go of their color laden leaves
i lift up my eyes i wonder if my prayers can soar up high to reach your ears oh God are you near we’re really lost have you given thought to our broken hearts we really could use a new start
i surrender the beauty i think i possess let winter come and clean my soul no more pretense i’ll wait with the trees in silence and cold welcome this season of dying less trying of seeing and being
i’m lifting my hands God please bring us your aid don’t want to be afraid as i walk this painted path there is beauty when we fall upon your Light and stop and wait and listen in faith and stop and wait and listen in faith
would like to see a few things stay the untroubled giggles of a child a sunset that kaleidoscopes for hours an embrace that fills my heart with peace a haunting melody that sinks into my soul and reminds me that there is love
would like to see a few things stay the knowing when our eyes connect the crashing waves and their rhythmic balm the birdsong soaring through the sad sky colors leaping from a flower spilling on my heavy brow reminding me that there is life
would like to see a few things stay a tree that shades me from all harm a crystal river of understanding shadows stretching through deep green woods the Light that helps me see the Way a hand to hold that guides through the pain reminding me that someone’s there to share a lonely road
oh stay with me lover of my soul let me see the calm before i lose myself nowhere to go the words of life spoken long ago an anchor for an old old soul reminding me that You are here in the mess in my tears reminding me that You are rest
where is the solace when life only brings darkness an achromatic sunrise unable to chase shadows a sunset that never leaves where is the gentle breeze when life storms around and within can’t breathe the rain soaked air while i try to put on a smile the pulse rate of my soul diminished where are the hands cradling a countenance when the lonely tears are seeking an embrace standing in the middle of the universe i guess the view is nice but no one is there to share the stars i’ve heard it said there is a place where melodies and harmonies take flight like lullabies that never say goodnight music you can taste and hold in hand or pull towards your heart music that covers you with a blanket of love and grace the softest peace a delicate abyss of joy so i run to this place in the darkness and the storm i lift up my eyes when it feels i can’t breathe i fall into faith when the tears want to stay i tell my story and let the music fill in the gaps the star maker knows each page of sorrow each gaze of wonder the calming comfort of trust if i’m in the pain of the valley or the delight of the clouds the star maker knows my name he knows my now and my yesterdays my what is to come i breathe in timeless hope i fall into a vast fissure of love and rest another valley is near but He is nearer
it's a 4272023 morning the kind of morning that will never be here again the fire leaves are awakening big blue skies are smiling the proud trees are welcoming a 4272023 morning the silent digital sentinel on our wrist counts the seconds that will make up the moments of this gift we call a day the unrepeatable you this world of image bearers in all our collective journeys we share the sorrow the waiting the singing the building the crying the disorientation the confusion the celebration the shame the brokenness the wonder the exhaustion the despair the longing for meaning the searching for love it's who we are glorious and ruinous on this 4272023 morning let’s remember together our Creator is here for you and me for all the world the Light has overcome the darkness so we can open our hearts and become fire leaves illuminated dazzling sparkling welcoming the Light the everlasting Love awakened by eternal songs of redemption so this 4272023 morning will soon be gone what will we leave behind words of comfort love and laughter shared tears forgiving eyes grateful for a 4272023 morning and grateful for you
it’s time start another latte la dee da day man the traffic is insane today well like every other day routine kicks in meetings where no one really meets a zoom here a zoom there a formica connection can look so nice a cladding smile hope they don’t see my empty eyes what does it say when the best part of this day is traffic on the way home to my netflix series or was it hulu what’s a lonely soul to do there’s a war somewhere everybody’s yelling but no one’s really saying anything that sounds like truth or has some roots that sink deep in my heart so i lift up my eyes and through the tears i cry why why did i say it that way why did they make fun of me why does the sadness stay why God do you sometimes feel so far away you see i’m in the boat the horizon is gone and the storms rage within and all around so wake up Lord wake up i don’t know what to do but i know you are here in my messy today in my messy yesterday oh won’t you wake up my soul because i see the Tree You there for me i’ll linger here and sing a song to You the melody may be sad but for now it’s all i have so it’s Yours and i am too
no easter monday morning blues for me i hit the snooze times three don’t want a jelly belly day the church is empty and the band went home the dawn has come to say hello the plastic eggs are put away but no easter monday morning blues for me no easter monday morning blues for me the kids are late the bus on time how can a child make so much whine has there really been a change in me i need to hunt for peace and be free from the weight of all the noise inside He rose i rise He rose i rise yes no easter monday morning blues for me no easter monday morning blues for me i’m different now and yet the same shame shadows call and taunt with glee i’m doing more but i just need to be remembering love’s refrain that it is finished yes, it is finished and though i fall in that same place i’ll remind myself of His great grace and take that little step of faith no easter monday morning blues for me He rose i rise He rose i rise each moment through this crazy day He’s resurrection lights the way so i can trust and say no easter monday morning blues for me
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