Works Of A Wordsmith

Father, I am so incredibly grateful for Your mercy! So many times I have passed judgment… Even when I didn’t realize I was doing it, It wasn’t right! I cannot presume to know the hearts Of those around me. I can only press in for myself, Crying out for Your Spirit to prevail In the […]

What do I know, Lord? I’m a woman from a different town, In a different church, Looking for Your glory… But it occurred to me just now That surely with all the thousands And thousands Of church services that gather to seemingly, Give You glory and honor, Perhaps one gathering somewhere Should realize that if […]

It seems we are content With the things we can Hear and see and touch Over the life of Your Spirit. We think of You as distant— Someone to pray to from afar Rather than the Unseen Real, More Substantial Being Standing right in front of us. If only we could let go of This […]

As He spoke, His words pierced us Like arrows at the speed of thought. When we could not sit nearby, His voice still echoed in our ears Like distant thunder, but clear as lightning, With authority we had never heard before. His message changed us… Even those of us who later walked away Could not […]

Your unrelenting love for us, Your children, Leads us past the cares and fears we face Till all that we desire is to find refuge In loving arms that give eternal grace. Those of us who wander far from home Still seek something we cannot define. Your Spirit draws us though we do not now […]

It’s such a hard thing Knowing when it’s time To acknowledge there’s no way… There’s just no way I can ever, ever, EVER Accomplish this thing. I try and I try and I try, but No matter how hard, No matter how often, No matter how long I beat my head against my private wall […]

Oh, Grace, Thou wholly transforming power That offers entrance to God’s presence, But dost not leave us in our State of basic unworthiness, In thy holy goodness, Thou truly art amazing! Thou art all of Who God is In one great act of glory, Offering the path of peace By an exchange of selfish desires […]

Wake us up, Lord! Let the wonder of Your grace Wash through us, Opening our eyes to You, To Your reality around us. Holy God, We want to see beyond our fears, Beyond our finite ideas of Who You are and how You work. Holy Spirit, Sensitize us beneath our skin, In our spirits… Help […]

In all of the turbulence here in my life, In the midst of the storms that caused me such strife, I’ve learned I can stand with my face to the wind, Eyes closed and hands raised with my heart fixed on Him. For beneath the tempestuous bluster I’ve found A fierce joy of living that […]

It’s great to know, God, That it’s all about You, You, You! You make all things good In me, in us, in all You do. Through the fire and flood We glorify Your name and You bring us out purified, washed clean By the very trials we wept through. There is no name like Your […]