introspection time space grieving open illumination notice grace tears observing belief eternity aware light love reflection insight gravity healing time its going to be all right in His light and love all wrongs made right mercy justice alight the soul as we sing songs through an endless sunrise
a little older but none the wiser at least it feels that way saying goodbye to this day i see the light slip away like the fading memories that fill my mind
so many would have could have should have moments that i can’t reach but they reach me they teach me to walk with heaven in view it’s okay to be somewhat new
tired of all the blame at the end of the shame game open my eyes to see the new you’ve place in me
so i can rise above the gravity and rest in stillness the silence of deliverance the calming resonance of your presence eternity in me
there is Truth that doesn’t fade away a Light that glows bright through the day and through the night healing mending making all things right like they were meant to be weightless melodies singing endless songs free to sing along redeemed from all that's wrong
you see i’m finding life is letting go of all the why and it’s okay to cry to mourn to feel every lament so i can fly towards the light not just a leap of faith it’s accepting grace and shining bright swimming in eternal light finding the story of me in the Way the Truth the Life
i would like to shine
bright as a sunny day
and shimmer
like a jacob collier song
but i often find
that old pride inside
and i stumble and lose my way
and it can go so wrong
when the shame gets strong
and i reach for a new identity
no matter how i try
i’m never free
when i think i don’t need
to be me
so i run back home
to the lover of my soul
it’s an uphill path
the lies inside
just laugh
so i bring to my mind
and heart
the One who has kept me
from the start
oh sing of the treasure
of His love
for me
for you
it shimmers
and shines
His mercy
shimmers
and shines
the Light of the world
lives inside
and He
always
shimmers
and shines
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
blue skies dancing with the sea on the far horizon i can see the wild waves searching for the shore searching with me for so much more than i can see blue skies there is no outer space through the universe we race let’s just pause let’s just wait listen close our eyes beneath these blue blue skies i dream i dance i lift my soul to You this longing for peace and relief from all the toil inside identity relies and lies outside with You i surrender my ID to You beneath these blue blue skies i’m safe with You
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
is there a sunrise in all that is setting in me will all the shadows in this blackhole that is me finally flee o rise great Light of mine please rise i’m overwhelmed inside so rise great Light of mine please rise i don’t know where to go so great Light of mine rise i keep leaving the same place i’ve been here before i surrender again remember again the story of me is yours o rise great Light of mine please rise won’t you hear my cries and rise please still my wandering heart start something new inside great Light of mine rise there’s a never ending dawn i long to see i’ll cast aside these anchors finally free i’ll be just the me you always dreamed for me and just rest so rise great Light of mine please rise i’ve got another step to take i can’t bear all the weight but i choose to wait for you great Light of mine please rise
all the color will soon fall and the barren trees will sing cold and wind snow and ice will paint the boughs with chilled beauty as leaves are tossed and lost are the dried and cracked memories of hues and tones that proudly shouted i am here let's welcome winter when it enters our souls sometimes what we think is gold needs to fade be swept away in the wind of the Spirit may we bend and break let proud color and hues fall in surrender self must fade and give way to the dark long nights He will hold us tight through the cold and the questions and the monochrome feelings we must stand still as the tree and wait for life to start again in His time His way His truth His life will spring for we wait and in the waiting He is present we wait He is comfort He is love we wait in His love
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