Seems to me I can
Hear all of nature praising You…
See all of creation expressing love for You…
The sunlight kisses the green grass.
The babbling brook murmurs affection.
The breeze blows through the trees
Till the leaves all wave in excited acclamation.
The eagle screams its joy overhead
As woodland creatures scurry around,
Dancing through their day.
What else can I do, but add to it all?
So, I find myself singing my own adulation for You, too!!!
Standing next to you, Jesus,
It’s easier to be still,
Close my eyes,
Breathe in the sunlight
That warms my face,
Silence my conscious thoughts, and
Give my imagination free reign.
So we soar on the wings of Your wind
In the majesty of Your creation.
I keep breathing in Your new life.
Thank You.
Thank You.
Thank You!
Gal. 5:24,25 “And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”
Ps. 91:1 “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”
I seek Your face again and long for You—
To walk in pastures green by waters still,
To hold Your hand and hear Your voice anew,
To step into Your unseen realm so real.
That glory far beyond what I know now
Is grace that helps me crucify my flesh.
O Lord, I come before Your feet and bow,
For only You can help me start afresh.
Beneath Your mighty wings I know I’m safe,
So, I will put to death my old desires
And find my comfort in Your secret place.
God, fill me up once more with holy fire!
Wrap me in the blanket of Your presence.
Blind me to the passions of this world.
Shadow me and fill me with Your essence.
Let me see eternity unfurled.
It’s a curious thing to me, Lord,
How we sing and pray to You…
Asking Your Spirit to be poured out,
To fill us and move us,
But it just occurred to me—
Because I’ve sung and prayed the same—
That Your Spirit already dwells inside me,
So, I am changing the way I pray!
Well up within me, Holy Spirit!
Let the fountain of Living Water shoot forth,
Flowing out of me like a river,
Filling the atmosphere around me,
Spraying others with Your goodness and grace
Till Your presence floods our feet
With the rising tide of renewal.
Let us, O Lord, not cry in desperation
For what we already have,
But let us raise our voices
In worship and thanksgiving,
So You can, indeed, inhabit our praises
In manifest glory!
I choose to trust You, Holy Spirit.
I place my faith in You, Jesus.
I lay my life down and let it go, Father God.
I forgive and forget,
Releasing regret,
Repenting of all the judgments I’ve made.
I want nothing more nor less than You, Lord.
Please, Holy Spirit,
Unclench my fists,
Break chains from my wrists,
So I can fall at the feet of the God
Who formed my body and
Forged my being for Yourself—
The end-all and be-all of Life.
You sustain me.
You fulfill me.
You flow through me.
With Your presence, Your life, and Your love.
The cool, gray clouds wrap themselves
Around me like a warm blanket
Insulating me, numbing me…
Luring me into a cocoon of introspection
Till the desolation of isolation
Penetrates my soul and
I am wailing silently in hopeless anguish…
Then the warm Sonshine of Your Spirit
Comes shining through the dull grayness,
Sharply piercing the false protection
Of my depression.
I read Your Words of Life,
Praying they will shake me,
Wake me to a fresh awareness of You.
I look for hope again
Against all odds.
O Lord, make the impossible possible.
It seems that I am lost again—
Beaten down by my own hand.
I cannot save myself at all.
Each time I try, I only fall.
Some part of me prefers the sin,
But battle rages deep within.
My desperate heart cries out for You,
For only You can pull me through.
Please, Jesus, help me want what’s right.
Please, Holy Spirit, give me sight
To see, to choose the holy way,
O Lord, to walk and never stray.
Just hearing of Your mighty works and knowing I’m your child,
Brings hope and faith to fill my heart and makes me feel alive!
I’m sure that You will move in me, because I long to see
Your presence flowing out with grace to touch all those in need.
Dear holy God of all I am and all I want to be,
I’m asking You to manifest Your love and power through me.
Though waves wash over me,
Though fire surround me,
Though my enemies attack me from every side,
My eyes, O Lord, stay fixed on You.
There is no other way.
There is no other how.
There is only You, only You, only You.
Though I weep uncontrollably in my failure to understand,
Something in me refuses to let go of You.
I cannot because there is no other I can turn to,
No other worth bowing to,
No other worth clinging to.
In all my weaknesses and failures,
I can only be me,
And I…
I trust You somehow that I cannot explain.
I believe in You, Lord God,
Creator of heaven and earth.
Nature glistens like there are diamonds everywhere today,
All covered with a thick coat of ice in the bright sunshine.
The frozen rain visited and left us with this dangerous beauty,
But somehow, I cannot see the danger right now…
The trees bow beneath the weight of this glory,
Hovering over the crisp, white snow
That is hiding the barren brownness of winter.
Somehow it all seems so unexpectedly majestic!
I wish I could keep on staring,
But the brilliance forces me to turn my eyes away.
There is a lesson here.
When the cold, dark rain keeps falling
And seems to overwhelm everything in my life,
Somehow I know that ultimately
(If I am patient)
The weight of Your glory will cover me—
A glory which covers my sin by Your grace and goodness, and
Helps me to bow to Your greatness.
I can only reflect You by allowing myself to be humbled.
