







Winter Garden, Florida was a delightful downtown with amazing boutiques, eateries and coffee shops. Shout out to Main House Market (best peppermint lavender kombucha on the planet!) and Doxology.
there is a river of love coming down for us flowing down for us my Lord there is a river of hope reaching out for us speaking into us my Lord i don’t know what to make of this world anymore i’m tired of crying want to see a different shore i don’t know what to make of these anxious thoughts i don’t think i can take all this pain we’ve wrought my Lord here’s my life here’s my heart there is a river of peace oh He’s here for me oh He’s here for you my Lord there is a river of life washing over us healing all of us my Lord i don’t know what to make of this world anymore i’m tired of crying want to see a different shore i don’t know what to make of this sadness inside just want to be awake on the other side my Lord here’s my life here’s my heart there is a river of light shining in the dark singing in my heart my Lord there is a river of time forever i am yours forever i am yours my Lord forever i am yours my Lord
the last goodbye is coming soon at least sooner than i every knew trusting that the Light behind me will be above me beneath me before me all around me still walking on this road with you still leaving shadows behind don’t want to be swallowed up by all the wrong the things i said the things i’ve done in Your love those shadows flee they are gone in the Light of Your love this life is long and yet we know the yesterdays are longer still a line called life stretches behind me so i'm making a new yesterday today looking before me along the way faith and hope and love will stay so let me walk along this road to the Light in the Light this burden is light with You behind me above me beneath me before me inside me all around me
it’s not going to be okay at least not in the way we want it to be okay won’t do today longing for so much more it’s not going to be okay at least not in the way we want it to be the sorrow stays my heart is sure there is a place where tears will end okay then when will that day be it’s not going to be okay at least not in the way we want it to be there’s a promise for you and for me surrender will be all on our knees finally light will be all we see light will be all we see
i saw and heard the dawn sing color songs that danced in my mind though my eyes saw the beauty solace i could not find i wondered what song was sung by the sky to other sets of eyes that wept for peace shut tight in disbelief in a land covered with grievous dawns unbearable loss hovers over the streets like so many tear drops ever falling that never drain the ocean of sorrow and pain i pray for new dawns singing color songs children dancing sing along for joy and light to fill each soul and peace to fall in stillness let peace fall in stillness
it’s so hard to see a gray sadness has descended can anything be mended oh God mave mercy senseless invasion the devastation of so many souls destruction is all they know and the children are crying and the children are weeping oh God have mercy it’s so hard to see a gray numbness hides the light can it ever be made right oh God have mercy homes are burning dreams are dying are we learning anything at all one heart of hate is all it takes to steal the joy from men and boys it’s so hard to see a gray weight seems to crush my heart to see these lives torn apart oh God have mercy mothers and daughters witness the slaughter heads bow heavy in hands of anguish and the children are crying and the children are weeping history is here again oh God please God have mercy
o eternal Light of the world i need Your peace it's so stormy in my soul and there's trouble in the world let me find peace in You o eternal Light of the world come fill my mind with gentle whispers from your Word all the truth i think i know i surrender i need to see and i want to rest just rest in You o eternal Light of the world thank You for the quiet morning river song thank You for dancing colors and of course thank You for a little tugboat help me to swim upstream today in Your love in Your peace i'm still trying to do when all You desire is for me to be just be in You
how can we still be missing so much beauty our brother our sister all the treasures of the world right beside you right beside me how can we still be hurting each other oh can't you see the glorious ruin for that is who we are who we all are and we cry for love just to be loved oh God open our eyes to your presence image bearers all around us and let us treasure the treasures we see and let this love start in me how can we still be silent speak let your words embrace the sorrow let your words heal the pain speak be present embrace the treasures oh God help me see
and can it be you came for me a withered soul so tired so cold and can it be surrendered glory for this heart of pride all the shame inside o withered soul lift up your voice o withered soul cry out rejoice your light has come your peace is near Immanuel is here and can it be once blind i see forgiven free You died for me and can it be new life is mine and for all time not just a while i'll sing and shine i am your child this withered soul now your son your own and can it be
a cup of coffee in a little corner of my home lights and shadows remind me of what lies within me darkness and light love and hate goodness and self-centeredness the memories descend life and love family and friends grace and peace laughter and song so many gifts undeserved and plentiful soon the wraith of dim stories arrives failures loss shame and the quiet ache of all things left undone and of all that i have done to others and to myself i choose to surrender to all the images that so quickly float through my mind as i lift my gaze in a little corner of my home three crosses Calvary such an ugly place of death of pain of sorrow of suffering and it is there in the midst of the darkness and light of my life it is only there where the lies i tell and the lies i believe are exposed where my shame is undone in love and acceptance where i trade my burden for hope mercy love and the lightness of forgiveness and i realize He is here with me in a little corner of my home
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