Category: Poetry

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 […]

Let Your waves… Let Your mighty waves Wash over me, Lord of Hosts. Let Your wings… Let Your mighty wings Lift me up to You, Holy Lord of Hosts. Fill me up with You. Overshadow me So that everyone around Will know that You are God! Make Your presence… Make Your mighty presence Known here […]

Sometimes I need to just be and not do. Wash through my heart, clearing out all the strife. Help me, Lord God, fix my eyes upon You. Teach me to know all You are in my life. I want to rest in Your goodness, O God. Open my eyes to Your glory and grace. Help […]

There are those days, Holy God, When it seems like No matter how hard I reach for You, I just can’t seem to get there. …But that’s when I find You reaching out to me, Bridging the gap of my inadequacies. Thank you, Lord Jesus, for grace. You keep me in Your arms, Even those […]

Sometimes in the silence I find rest— A refuge in His wordless, welcome wings. But when I wander in the wilderness, My God surrounds me as He sweetly sings… In desolation I am drawn to dance In solitude before my Lord and King. And somehow in this solemn circumstance I rediscover joy in everything. His […]

On the finest of days I can lift up Your praise, Whether raining or sunny or gray. For I love the arrays And the various ways Of Your painting the clouds on display. Yet I look at my heart, Still so filled with the dark, And I weep in frustrated despair. I so long for […]