Palm Sunday - He Knew - Re-Posted

They brought their palms to praise His name

Following where He led,
And, while they sang and danced for joy,
He knew what lay ahead.
 
He knew He faced crucifixion,
A painful, brutal death.
Praying that God would forgive us
Between each gasp for breath.
 
He knew that He would suffer more
Than a mortal man should,
And He knew He would not turn back,
Though He might wish He could.
 
He knew all this, yet He rode on
Among the cheering throng
Who waved their palms to honor Him.
He knew it all along.
 
John 12:13
They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the king of Israel!

Where You Lead, I will Follow- Re-Posted

I will follow where You lead me,

Where ever I must go,
And I will do what you ask of me.
Oh Lord, please make it so.
 
I know that I am not the best,
Nor am I quite the worst.
And, though I can be distracted,
I try to keep You first.
 
I’ve fallen more that I’ll admit,
And I gave up on me,
But You did not and, by Your grace,
You set my spirit free.
 
So though I find the way blocked by
An obstacle or two,
If You will lead me, I will go.
My Lord, I’ll follow you.
 
John 12:26
Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.

Living Within Your Grace - Re-Posted

Lord, let my praise reflect Your Grace

For that was what it took
To make perfection from a day
That seemed lost, at first look. 
           
The chaos of my busy world,
With all its stress and doubt,
Was distracting me from the peace
That You are all about.
 
And as I reached the frazzled end
Of what peace I had left,
I realized how lost I felt,
Dismayed and quite bereft.
 
It was at that precise moment
That Your Grace touched my heart
And I found deep within my soul
A place where peace could start.
 
I stopped and let the busy world
Settle back into place
And then I moved on through my day
Living within Your Grace.
 
Philippians 4:7
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Unhidden Sins - Re-Posted

I think I lead a righteous life,

I give help where I can,
I try to live in honesty
With all my fellow man.
 
But I hide sins within my heart,
Thoughts that remain unsaid,
And yet they still should have no place
Even inside my head.
 
The things I’ve done for those I help
Are things I should have done.
But there is still so much to do
That I have not begun.
 
I can be arrogant with faith
In all that I can do,
When all along that faith should lie
Not in me, but in You.
 
I hide so many sins away
Where no one else can see,
But, though I think they’re out of sight,
You still see them in me.
 
Please help to admit them, Lord,
Not hide them out of sight,
For only when washed in Your Grace,
Can those sins be made right.
 
Psalm 19:12
But who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults.