Ears To Hear, Eyes To See

 

When it is time, Lord, call me home
And I’ll come right away,
But until then I’ll live within
Your boundless grace each day.
 
We often feel we’re overwhelmed
Or trapped in self-pity,
While You are reaching out to us.
Lord, give us eyes to see.
 
We cry out in our misery
When we should stand and cheer,
For Heaven’s King still comforts us.
Lord, give us ears to hear.
 
Too often we choose to lament,
Rather than to rejoice.
One destroys, the other comforts,
Which we live is our choice.
 
This world will try to hold us down,
Distract us with worry,
But my ears hear and my eyes see
The blessings You give me.
 
Matthew 13:9
He who has ears, let him hear.”
 
Matthew 13:16-17
But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

As We Sow

 

That which you sow, you shall then reap,
Advice we all have heard.
It matters in the farmer’s field,
But, also, in The Word.
 
For God has cautioned all mankind
To sow the fallow field
Of good intentions, unfulfilled,
With a crop that will yield.
 
Don’t sow a crop of mortal pride
For that harvest will fail,
But one sown in His Word, instead,
Will prosper and prevail.
 
Sow seeds of righteousness and grace,
That your harvest may be
A bounty of God’s perfect love
As far as you can see.
 
A harvest that you can then share
With all who pass your way,
That those who hunger may be fed
His love, through you, each day.  
 
Hosea 10:12
Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
 
Galatians 6:8
For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 

Trusting You With Each Step

 

Why do I still stand in Your grace
When I fall short each day
Of the person I’m called to be?
Much to my own dismay.
 
I bow my head in shame because
I’m not doing it right,
Yet, I’m still blessed to stand within
The wonder of Your Light.
 
I see the gifts others possess
And use each time they speak,
Yet I don’t possess gifts like that,
No matter how I seek.
 
I find myself wondering how
I’m ever going to serve
The Great Commandment You left us,
The grace I don’t deserve.
 
Yet, Lord, You called me to be Yours
I heard You loud and clear,
And each time that I fall You’re there
Telling me not to fear.
 
It is as if Your plans for me,
Though real, are beyond sight,
And what I need to do right now
Is trust that You are right.
 
I need to keep walking the path
That You’ve set before me
And trust that when the time is right
You’ll make them clear to see.
 
Maybe the gift I’m called to live
For right now is just faith.
To learn that when I’m weak, You’re strong
Is not a myth, a wraith.
 
Then walk forward as You command
And trust You as I go
To lead me to the next lesson
You’ve planned to help me grow.
 
2 Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Isaiah 54:10
For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

I'll Go Out On A Limb

So often we try to fit in
With those still of the world,
Only to find ourselves the brunt
Of their anger unfurled.
 
We’re called to love, yet are denounced
By those we’ve known for years
Because we hold fast to the Word
And not to this world’s tears.
 
They demand that we compromise
With the choices they make,
Yet they condemn the path we walk
As a heartless mistake.
 
I know that You lived this and worse
When You walked on the earth,
And I can never hope to be
The equal of Your worth.
 
Yet, I will go out on a limb
And live each day like You,
Doing my best to follow all
That You’ve called us to do.
 
I won’t listen to the voices
That tell me I am wrong
To follow the path of Your grace.
My faith in You is strong.
 
I’ll live as You’ve called me to live
Not as this world commands.
Though I may stand alone at times,
I’ll stand there in Your hands.
 
John 15:18-19
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

Rejoice And Sing To Him

There is a song that fills my heart,
And it is seldom coy,
For it is born of gratitude.
A song of praise and joy!
 
I’ve walked the darkened valleys deep
And stood on mountains high,
But nothing can approach the awe
I feel when He is nigh.
 
Though I may stand within the storm
I’m also in His grace,
And there’s nothing that can pull me
Out of His fierce embrace.
 
Let all creation sing His praise
And rejoice in great glee,
For He who formed us, loves us still.
His grace has set us free.
 
No more the stain of sin prevails,
To Him renewed souls cling,
And, in His name, they will rejoice!
Let all praise Him and sing.
 
Psalm 47:6-7
Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
 
1 Corinthians 15:55
“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”

Time To Laugh

 

I stood upon the weekend’s cusp,
Your grace whispered to me
Of peace and rest, of joy and light,
As I want it to be.
 
Opps, I must have heard You wrong,
The power just went out.
Oh yes, You have a sense of humor,
Of that, there is no doubt!
 
Okay, I’ll take this all in stride,
Like I did yesterday.
Knowing that I still get time to
Hang out with You today.
 
Six hours, I was being told,
But with humidity,
That isn’t quite as funny as
It otherwise would be.
 
I made my plans and packed things up
To go visit a friend.
Then, just before I hit the road
Power came back again.
 
I still can hear the laughter drift
Down from heaven above.
Okay, You’ve got me laughing, too,
As push comes down to shove.
 
Some days I have to just sit back
And admit once again,
The power to control our lives
Does not belong to man!
 
I love spending time in Your peace,
But now and then I do
Enjoy the chance to sit and laugh
As I spend time with You!
 
Psalm 16:11
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Seeking Your Peace

 

Lead me beside Your still waters.
Lord, I’m in need of peace,
But the unrelenting chaos
Of life just will not cease.
 
Each time I thought I could sit down,
Some new mayhem burst through.
That’s why, right now, all that I want
Is to be still with You.
 
I’m grateful for a busy life,
Lord, please don’t get me wrong,
But now and then I’m overwhelmed
From running for too long.
 
I know each day brings ups and downs,
Today’s been all uphill,
But, if it fits within Your plan,
Could we sit and be still?
 
I just thought I would ask You, Lord,
I knew You wouldn’t mind.
Yours is the only source of peace
I seek and know I’ll find.
 
Psalm 23:2
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
 
Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

Your Plans Are My Plans

 

You clearly had my day well planned
Everything right in place.
I just wish I’d had some inkling
That it would be a race.
 
Yet, even though I didn’t know
What all You had in mind
I’m grateful that You needed me
To step in and run blind.
 
I got to help out more than once
And offer up some grace,
Before coming back home to rest
In my own quiet place.
 
I had a feeling You had plans
When I woke up today,
So, I was grateful for the call  
And praised You on my way.
 
I know I promised I would walk
The path You’ve given me,
I’m grateful that I got the chance
To do so joyously.
 
Proverbs 16:3        
"Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established."
 
Proverbs 19:21      
"Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand."

The Birds Of The Air

 

My heart has rested heavily
Within me as of late.
Too many questions on my mind,
Worries running in spate.
 
There is no cause for such as these,
It’s just me being me,
But now and then I can’t help feel
Something bad’s bound to be.
 
Why do I let my mind drift thus,
Let false worries pile up,
When You have blessed me with Your grace,
An overflowing cup.
 
Birds of the air, don’t share my fears,
They live within Your plan.
They hunt and let Your plan unfold.
They’re more faithful than man.
 
I know I’ve faced some troubled times,
But You have brought me through.
Why do I cling to false worries
When I should cling to You.
 
Lord, help me be like those wild birds
Doing what I’m to do,
While letting go of doubts and fears
Because I trust in You.
 
Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
 
Psalm 147:9 & 11
He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry…
the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.

This amazing photo is a blessing from LLT. Wow! 

Seeking Him Always

 

How vast is Your grace, oh my Lord?
It’s beyond all I see,
And that grace, born of boundless love,
You have poured out on me.
 
Though I was broken, I am healed,
My sins, fallen away.
My eyes and heart are both open
To You every day.
 
There is no place that I can go
That You will not go, too,
That I might come through each travail
Holding tightly to You.
 
When I am weak Your strength is mine,
When I’m lost, You’re my light.
When my heart breaks, it is Your peace
That turns grief to delight.
 
Let my heart ever seek You, Lord,
And let me share Your Word
With those who are still searching for
The truth they’ve not yet heard.
 
Acts 17:27
that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us
 
Ephesians 3:20
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us