Love unceasing

You keep me warm when the cold winds blow
You keep me sane when my mind plays games
You keep me strong when my knees give way
You give me life when all hope fades
What do I give in return
Brokenness and shame
Twisted thoughts and weary bones
A desert drenched heart
Inside an earthen cage
So I mount on wings of eagles
To soar on ancient promises foretold
To rise once more on eternal shores
To walk on sands of paradise
To hold and take your hand
To know as I'm fully known
To love unceasing
Always to love.

Soar.

Everything in time
Everything in place
No striving
No straining
Learning to rest
Learning to listen
To sit
To walk
To run
How I long to fly
Catch your thermals
To the highest heights
And soar.

Alive in love

Your grace causes me to miss you
Your everlasting arms lift me up
To the greatest pursuit of all
The journey of love
Moving steadily in
Closer and deeper
Your steadfast move on me
Always draws me toward you
To take the highest ground of all
Here I'm found
Under the shade of your embrace
Inside the shelter of your tree of life
Alive in love.

Talking trees.

The trees rain down
Their leaves drip tears upon the ground
How long they cry out
How long must we wait
But wait is what they do
As they watch each passing generation
The talk among the woods is
Are these the ones
Will time fulfilled finally come
Will creator of living trees usher in the day with these
Will they stand tall
Will they stand strong
Are these oaks of righteousness
The final display of splendour and beauty
Revealing His magnificent array.

WOW Where oh where

Extraordinary
Makes you think
Makes you wonder
Where it came from
The gift
The display
The treasure
Suddenly you're focussed
Eyes fixed
Mind alert
Thinking
WOW
Where Oh Where
Did this come from
Even without knowing
Each one of us have been given gifts
With the WOW factor
At times they surprise us
They are a sign
To help us wonder
Where they came from
Pointing us
In the direction of the One
Who gave them
For every good and perfect gift
Comes from God.

Chosen.

Your mercy turns me around
To face you
To see you seated on a throne of grace
Your grace brings me to believe
To know you
That you are merciful
Forgiving
Unfailing in love
The greatest wonder of all
How could it be that you should have chosen me
With this I humbly bow
Receive what you have freely given
You helped me choose
What you had chosen for me
Life
Your life
For all eternity.

Give and it will be given.

A glass of water given in my name
Includes the poor
Inviting all to the serving table
Open your home
Give whatever is in your hand
It will not return empty
Let it flow out of a full heart
Rich with generous smiles
Not ashamed or embarrassed
With the small offering
But grateful for every grain
In the Master's hand
A grain
Becomes a loaf
A loaf
Can feed the multitudes.

Feast

What's your next assignment
How was the last one fulfilled
An empty sounding gong
Or a lighthouse on a hill
Did it smell of the fragrance of life
Or the stench of death
Full or empty
Abundant or depleted
What you build on
What you live in
Is it what others can dine on
Let them sit at a rich table
Fully laden with the finest display of kingdom treasures
Let your assignment be
To feast at His table
Dining with the King.

Jewel

You're no ordinary jewel
You're more than precious
You bring a sparkle to my eyes
Warm the deep place in my heart
Where we sit by the deepest fire
Here passion blazes
Living light saturates every pore
Hope spreads it's wings over us
Raising us to heights
That earth and sun long to know
Depths that oceans have never touched or crossed
This eternal rest is what our pilgrim hearts are longing for
Till then
We'll sit by this fire and warm our hearts.

One forever one.

Absalom tried to take something that was not his
He wanted men to be drawn to himself
Just as you can't be plucked from Jesus' hand so also
He has assigned you your portion and cup
Your lot is secure
Though you will have a cup to drink
The fellowship of suffering is temporal
Just as our bodies are wasting away
Here today like the flowers then blown away
The fragrance remains
The permanence of your life sacrificed
A love offering for all eternity
Because He first loved you
A fragrance that lingers forever
Raised up one day face to face
Lips to lips
The perfect kiss of life
With breath that never dies
One forever one.

I gaze upon you

Cocooned and covered
Kept and protected
You hold me in your hand
Upheld by thousands of prayers
Surrounding me in multiple array
Strengthening me
Protecting me
Providing for me
Like splashes of kindness
Sprinkled on me
Running down over me
Refreshing me when I"m weary
Sustaining me when I'm weak
Directing me when I'm lost
Holding me when I'm alone
Touching me when I'm afraid
Comforting me when I'm heavy hearted
Your loving comes to me
With abundant life
Raising me up when suffering has run it's course
I gaze upon your cross
I gaze upon your tomb
I gaze upon your resurrection
My eyes are fixed on you.

Maranatha

You heal my wounded heart
Soothe my aching soul
Bind my broken bones
Such grace has made me whole
To sit and walk and run
To catch the wind and storm
To blaze with holy fire
To love with passion's flame
Oh Lord how long
This wait
This hope
This glory
This promise by faith complete
To know with certain assurance
Your kingdom now has come.

An ode to music

Goodbye passing notes
Dream tunes
Floating away
Like clouds
Upon wind chimes
You had your moment
Your voice went out
Within the cosmos
Of all that is sound
You were born
Carried alive
In jars of clay
Fragile and soothing
Now I rest
In the memory
Of creating you.

Take me home

You swirl around this dancing cage where freedom calls
Beckoning me as a lover into the deepest bonds of love
A captive prisoner enslaved to freedom's call
This mortal body yearning and longing to be clothed
With immortal wings
This faint breath whispers of a future glory
Which goes beyond the sun
Before the ancient day
Before the Ancient One
Where love and hope will finally meet
In everlasting arms.

God is good

Grace lifts me up when I feel like a dead dog
In fact I know it
Thoughts
Actions
Bad
They don't look anything like truth
Then truth pours in like a flood of
Life giving seed
Planting itself firmly and deeply
Into the soil of my heart
The water of God's Spirit saturates the seed
Slowly and surely they pop open
Little by little pushing themselves through
My crusty heart
Breaking out onto the surface of my being
I am surrounded in a rich blanket of
Green life giving grace
My eyes are clear and open
As a blue flooded sky
And I can taste and see that
God is good.

Under my skin.

What lies beneath my skin
Is it madness or a sane ranger
Riding out on the plains of life
Driven by perfection till the flight is over
Finally landing on solid ground or sinking sand
Time will tell on which ground I stood
On which hand I held
Solid rock or floating stones.

Transformed

Floating star in a sea of breeze
You run away with your shine
You stay awhile then you're gone
Off to green days a brighter dawn
Look down
See I'm here
I didn't run
Stayed around
Played the notes
Danced around your words
They filled the hidden place
Cut me to the core
Nailed me to the floor
Then raised me up once more.

Wait for me

October skies
Early morning breeze
The leaves whistle in the wind
The heat has passed
The monsoon rains have left their mark
Green leaf cover everywhere
How I love a new season
To leave the past behind
Move on to a new day
As I open this door
I hear the whispers of hope calling my name
With a true and noble voice
I hear once again
You are mine
I am yours
Look out toward the horizon
Wait for me
For surely I will come
As you wait for me
You will feel me drawing near
You will know that
I am
here.

Grounded.

Sprawled out on the ground of impossibilities
I live
Rising in hope to a future glory
I breathe
Gods supernatural power
Within the circumstances
Speaking through them
"You live and breathe
Through my miraculous intervention
Defying gravity itself
I hold you
I keep you
I raise you
Not even death can swallow you up."

Cover me.

I'll hide myself in the
shaddow of your wings
There I find shelter
from the storm

Cover me till this night
has passed
Light the flame
Let your fire last

Set your sun down on me
Let me rise to a bright
new dawn
To a bright new day

Cover me
Cover me

All I have to give
A dry and weary heart
Brokenness
from the start

Cover me till this night
has passed
Light the flame
Let your fire last

Set your sun down on me
Let me rise to a bright
new dawn
To a bright new day

Cover me
Cover me

The way,the truth,the life.

Framed
Not for theft
Just lying in a body
A body of lies
Lie for me
Lie to me
Lie with me
Surrounded by lies
Who's telling the truth
What is truth
Is it scientific facts proved by formulas
Is it historic facts verified by many witnesses
Is it informational facts passed down like old wives tales
A letter to the wise
A letter for reason
A letter under a magnifying glass of proof
Prove it to me
Convince me
Turn water into wine
Walk on water
Raise the dead
You
You rise again
He did all this and more
Still you don't believe
What will it take for you
To turn your head
His way
Hear the truth
And live.

Mr nice guy.

Mr nice guy always smiles
Never speaks out of line
Keeps in step all the time
Nods his head to all you say
No challenges
Confrontation or contribution
Just that empty grin
Agreeing with everyone
Mr nice guy floats through life
But sadly never leaves a mark.

The measure of words.

Between the lines of old
Something spoken something told
How many words written down through the ages
How many words splashed across the pages
They stand frozen in time
They stand written along each line
The measure of their worth
Who can tell
Reading into
Reading aloud
Line upon line
Page upon page
What will last down through the age
What is written across your page.

Mystery

Just a long shot
But have you got it figured out
Who you are
Where you come from
Where you're going
To say you do is other worldly
The existentialists constant dilemma
What right do you have to your absolutes
He would say with absolute assurance
Yet he has no assurance at all
His conviction is grounded on sinking sand
Like his thoughts trapped in a finite bowl
Sinking to the bottom with no room for mystery
Within all knowledge lies mystery
The mystery of not knowing all there is to know
Yet being certain of what you do know
To take you deeper in.

A new heart.

A colliding
Cacophony of
Chaotic life
Cascades down the mountains
Across the plains
Out to it's farthest coastlines
Corruption has seeped into it's paws
Runs through every vein
At the root of it
Lies a pumping heart
It's not a transfusion that's necessary
It's a transplant
The heart is the issue
The root problem
It's wicked beyond measure
We have all like sheep gone astray
We all need a shepherd redeemer
Jesus is the one and only Saviour of the world
Who can give you a new heart.

Don't give up

I see you
Peering around the corner
of shadows
Your heads tilted
Eyes fixed
There's something steadfast about that look
No matter how far you go
You won't give up
You can't give up
There's no place to run to
No place to hide
There's still a vision mirrored across that page
It's beauty and perfection is dulled
But it's waiting
Patiently
Believing
For the brightness of dawn to break
Trusting for a breakthrough
Into fulfilment of hope
A triumphant finishing line
Where glory awaits.

What do you say.

Full and abundant life
Surely doesn't include days you'd rather forget
Words you'd do anything to pull back
Into your mouth and swallow them dead
Words are living
Powerful
Dead or alive
Once they're out
They're out
Just like your actions
They're out there
At times they're like silent movies
Everyone sees what we do
Then somehow lip reads
They put their interpretation on it
Their slant
Like a song or a painting
True or false
It's out there
How many lives have been caught
In a web and destroyed by
Bending truths or bending lies
Both look as blurred or muddied as the other
The biggest ones hit the covers
Pages upon pages
Waiting for the next news
The sensational
Emotional
Intellectual
The moguls
The magnets
Even the mundane little people
Have a place
Even their story makes news
Like the animals and our planet and galaxy
They hit us day after day
Broadcast
Loud and clear
But is it clear
How much is screaming madness
Bold and blazon lies
Masked and covered by media
A system within a system
Like a person within a person
Like schizophrenia
Like which one are you
True or false or both
Which mask will you put on today
Which system will rule your way
Which path would you say you're on
So what do you say.

You invite me in

Your words sprinkle light into my heart
Like glowing embers of truth
Your Spirit blows on them
The flickering light
That once seemed to be smouldering coals
Fanned into flame
Alive again in this heart that ran cold
Dimmed by darkness
Now truth working it's magic glow
Into the place where only you know
Only you can go
This is my invitation into knowing me
Fully and completely
Inviting you in
To capture me
Rapture me
Away with me
Into you
Fully abandoned
Sacrificed and surrendered
You invite me in.

You mean the world to me

You mean the world to me
When this light grew dim
You fired me up
To light again
The turning of my head
The despair ran hot
How many times
Have I considered my lot
Wondering can I change the plot
Why not
Then I look at you
All those around me
That mean the most to me
My reason is turned to sense again
I look outside myself again
Soak in this love again
How quickly my world
Is changed again.

Face to face.

Staring out into space
Knowing I'm part of this place
Eternal matter
Not just particles
Unique
Fearfully and wonderfully made
I remind myself of what really matters
What counts the most
Who I can count on
Where I belong
The meaning of my existence
Is not where I exist
It's who I belong to
My Maker
Creator of heaven and earth
So I live in the future now
Knowing that this place
In time and space
Will make sense one day
When I see him
Face to face.

Alone in a crowd

Impatiently he ran his hand through his hair
Raised his eyebrow with a feathered glare
Staring out he wondered
Am I the only one
With all these thoughts
Locked inside my head
Will someone listen
Does anyone care
Will someone turn to me
Will someone speak
Why is there so much silence
When everyone around me
Is so loud
Why am I so alone
When in this crowded room
I am surrounded.

Light and darkness

Utter contempt
Absolute depravity
Blackest darkness
There is no greater despair
Nor depth to descend to
The fall of man is complete
So too the way of salvation is complete
The finished work of the cross of Christ
Pays back in full
The debt of mankind's sin
Death swallowed up in triumph
Light of the world has come
Those who follow Him
Will no more stumble in the darkness
For living light will flood their path.

Cloned

People sway people
Like trees in the wind
One day smiling faces
The next utter contempt
How quickly they change
With no thought of their own
Just the dictates of those
With a powerful bent
Formed like jelly
Into the same old mould
No backbone
To speak of
No courage
To stand
Just another clone
Controlled by the whims
Of man.

Lies

No way of escape
Caught up and bound
Trapped in a web
Full of lies
Lie upon lie
Melting into a pot
Contaminated
From one story to the next
The next cesspit
Of slimy greed
Dripping down the walls
Of power magnets
Stuck together
In the muck together
Bolted
Jarred
Jolted
Twisted
Into bite sized bits
Asphyxiated
Choking
Humanity
Swallowed alive
By this
Body of lies.

Whose friend are you.

To have a noble character
For a noble cause
What I do
Speaks louder than words
Those that see what I do
Will be more willing
To hear what I say
For there is no contradiction
Compromise always leads to confusion
Leaving the water muddied
Like particles of sand in your eye
Impairing your vision
Throwing you off course
A constant irritant
Who would welcome
Such a companion
Or speak in terms of friends
Friendship with the world
Makes you
An enemy of God.

Prayer

I want to outlive the curse
Run the course
Finish my race
Though the road be
Steep and rough
With suffering along the path
Grant me persevering faith
Eyes fixed on you
My gaze
Emblazoned with fire
That burns with love
Eternal life
Beating at it's core
And hope
That can never be extinguished.

Meaningless

So many great achievements
Won at the hand of envy
Leaving the achiever empty
The record stands
But the man
Stands in a void
All the accolades
Great heights of success
Gold heaped up to the roof
Mountain tops of glory
Fleeting
Just like the wind
Who can grasp it
Or oil
Running through your fingers
When you place your life at the centre
It slips through unnoticed
No true colours
No lasting mark
What stands the test of time
What passes from this life to the next?

Translation.

As steady as a rock
As light as a feather
Hard to come by
Over the top
On top of the world
All these sayings make sense
To those whose world
They are spoken into
Outside of that world
They're just random words
Strung together
Flung together
Like a foreign tongue
A strange language
Lost in translation
Makes sense
In a broken
Divided world.

A hopeless worldview.

Just a small fry
On a big grill
Burning my buns off
Sizzling away.

Laughter

Deep down
Belly laughs
Rolling in the isles
Eyes streaming
Every muscle
Filled with pleasure
Healing flows
As the laughter rolls out
It's medicinal blanket
Those privileged
Caught up in this moment
Become intimately joined
Warmed on the inside
Wonderfully whole
Laughter really is
Good medicine.

What will I say?

What can I say
It's all been said
Or has it
There's always more
One more word
The final say
Words flow out
Unceasingly
Everyday
How many fall to the ground
Lost then found
Or fade away
How many hit the mark
Or cut to the heart
Bring fire and rage
Or sprinkle still waters
Across the page
This open book
With all it's chapters
Line upon line
Verse upon verse
Turning the corner
Into this open expanse
Looking out upon this new day
Thinking more carefully
About what
I will say.

Listen.

Keep me posted
On the page
Let me know
I want to be informed
Constant information
Upload
Download
Overload
We're stretching all the time
Increasing rapidly
What does sound look like
It's on billions of multi screens
Blitzed across the globe
It's like a train
That won't slow down
It's picking up speed
Yet it can be counted
All the numbers are there
Multiple processes and formulas
All the satellites and servers
Every head
Can be numbered
Yet within many heads
A longing for
The deeper sound wave
The purest art of communication
The love of God
He's beyond all galaxies
Just a breath away
Can you hear Him
Amidst all the other voices
Turn off the screens
And
Listen.

What does faith look like

It has to start somewhere
It may as well be here
Strike while the irons hot
Well this irons cold right now
But here I am
Somehow ready to strike
Surely that's grace
God always on His best
Even when I 'm not
My heart warms to the thought
I make slow steady steps forward
Into His amazing grace
I feel the shift
It's as if the air clears
The mist lifts
I rise with it
Into a new place
A new day
Walking with God.

Jump

Waiting to jump
Just on the edge
Your heart is racing
Everything in you
Wants to do it
But there's that shimmer of doubt
That keeps running it's way
Across your mind
All those standing on the sidelines shout
You can do it
Go for it
JUMP
Another attempt
One more pause
What holds you back
To break the back of fear
Is what it takes
Trust
A certain absolute conviction
You will be caught
You won't drown
A faith that let's go
Of all doubts
Holds on with assurance
To the one who is unfailing
Love is at the core
Nothing else will last
Love is the essence
That permeates
Every fibre of my soul
To know
As I am fully known
To trust
Like there is no other
To soar
At the edge
Of freedoms precipice
To defy gravity itself
Then realise
I was caught
Before
I ever
Jumped.

Amazing.

It's amazing
What God can do
With a little faith
That's all it takes
A little faith
In an amazing God.

Exquisite Splendour

The storm blew over
I heard the distant thunder
The wind raged
The chill set in
But the rains never came
It stilled to a gentle whisper
Now the sun is peering out
Around the corner of the mountain tops
Just above the tree line
Those trees are so beautiful and strong
They've been around since ancient time
The jungle is buzzing with life
The sound is a full rich array
Of mountain glory
Life unfolds here with exquisite splendour
Finally the rains come
To drench the earth
All this happened
As I sat
In such a short space of time
How incredibly important change is
Vital to our world
How incredibly important it is
To cultivate an environment
Within our own lives
For change to transpire
So our lives too
Would unfold with
Exquisite splendour.

Jesus.

Jesus you put a smile on my face today
The thought of you being held
In the highest place of esteem
The greatest glory given
The wonder and beauty
Of your name
Your majesty and awe
All of who you are
Completely deserving of
All adoration
All exaltation
All praise
All honour
My highest pleasure
To see you glorified
To have you magnified
In every part of my being.

Glory Flashes

Glory flashes mystery and awe
I stand in the moment
With a fresh sense
Of childlike wonder
How I long to linger here
To pitch my tent of permanence
Never leaving this place
But then where would the mystery be
What would start my heart racing
Take my breath away
Leave me spellbound
So let me be fully alive in the present
And completely expectant of more
More of the same
But not the same at all.

What's in your hand?

What's in your hand
Only you truly know
But do you really know
So much goes unseen
Unnoticed
Unappreciated
To fully appreciate you have to apprehend
Accept
Acknowledge
You have to engage
Pay attention
See the good and become part of that good
Give a hand to
Open your hand to
Grab a hand
Join hands
Clean hands
Compassionate hands
Strong hands
Hardworking hands
True and noble hands
Generous hands
You have so much in your hands
So give away what's in your hand
It will return to you
You will not want or lack for anything
What's at hand
The life you've been handed
Lay it down
Watch it rise
You've got to hand it to your Maker
Then you'll see with eyes as wide as saucers
More than you could ask for
Imagine
Hope for
More than you could ever dream of
Even the trees and rivers clap their hands
One day we will join them
With the most thunderous
Explosive
Clapping of hands
That our hands have ever known.

Hands of grace.

Hands of grace under me
Sustaining me
Hands of favour around me
Leading me
Hands of love covering me
Holding me
Everyday of my life
No matter what I do
Where I go
How I feel or whatever happens to me
You remain constant
Always there with me
Always for me
Always wanting me.
Drawing me
Helping me
Turning me
Forgiving me
Filling me
Never failing
Ever increasing
Faithful
Truthful
Amazing
Wonderful God
Thank you.

Psalmist.

Psalmist sing the ultimate song
The song of eternity
It is alive
For it is filled with living word
Living word in flesh dwelling among us
Weave eternal word with beautiful melody
Into open hearts
Sing with the skill of a master
Bring the Master ultimate glory
Sing His song.

Jesus Christ is Lord.

Battle cries and victory shouts
Raise the banners
Sing anthems out
Sing out true
Sing out strong
Let every breath sing out his song
The song of love
The song of war
Christ our risen King
Conquering sin and grave
Christ our Lamb
Forever loved and praised
Raise your cup
Toast His name
For there is no other
By which men are saved
All bow down on bended knee
Confessing Christ is Lord
Who sets us free.

Be Yourself.

Charging forward like
A mighty stallion in flight
Wind in his face
Eyes set like flint
Courage melting fear
Under his mighty stride
Who can stop this unbridled passion
Strong and wild
Fast and furious
Fixed on a course
Not set by man
Fixed on a race
Where freedom stands
Free to be
All he was created for.

Hope.

Just when you think hope has run out
It comes full circle and kisses you on the face
Lifts your weary heart
Steadies your knees that give way
Hope strengthens you for the race you run
Tells you about the future
Always reminds you of the promises
When trials and troubles overwhelm you
Burying you under their weight
Hope unveils the truth
Lifts the heavy load
Rest in hopes everlasting arms
For they will carry you home.

Glory.

The tide is turning
The full moon is on the horizon
Like a magnet pulling the waters closer in
Further into shore
Moving like never before
The waves of glory are rising higher
The sons of men are thirsting deeper
Creation itself longing further
For the revelation of man to rise and shine
Ascend the highest heights
Where once
At last
Finally we will stand
The earth filled with God's knowledge
As the waters of God's glory cover the sea.

Change.

Here I am again
Sitting in the same place
The same seat
Same gaze
Looking
Staring
Searching for the day to awaken
In what new way will I find this day
In what new place will I find myself
Will I make something old from something new
Or something new from something old
They're not the same and nor I am
For I have changed
Even in this space of time
Sitting once again
In this same place of mine.

Hope cries out.

Her breasts fell out all over the place
Yet again into the arms of another
She's had so many but not one lover
Impassioned and enflamed
Now once more chilled to the inner core
Left empty and alone
The shame runs deep
Covered by layers of guilt piled into a heap
If only it could all be set ablaze
With no remains
Erased forever she cries
If only my true lover would rescue me
From this inferno
Take me into his world
Wash away these garments of stain
Make me like a newborn lamb
On a freshly fallen blanket of snow
Pure
Fragile
Free
Alive.

Taste Buds

Taste buds awakening
After falling fast asleep
They sparkle and flicker
Like a candle light
In the night
Not inside
Outside
In that wide open space
There's still such
Vast places to explore
Yet the immediate surroundings
Are coming alive to the eye
It's a spacious place
New and clean
Awaiting fresh discovery
This fragile body
Slowly moving along
To full recovery
How small I am
Within all creation
Yet just as each taste bud
Quickens to life
So I am alive
To live fully and completely
In the pleasure
Of God.

Mad Hatters

Mad Hatters parties
Fiascos and fairy go rounds
Filling rooms with peculiar sounds
Polka dots and stripes
Colours of the rainbow
In multiple array
Every size and shape
Are all on display
Once you're inside
Impossible to find your way out
The signs are pointing everywhere
With no sense of direction anywhere
Everyone spinning
Around and around
With great big neon lights
Shining upon their heads
Saying
"Am I lost or found
Am I in or out
Am I up or down
Is it me or you
Why am I here
What must I do"
Just spin and spin
Twirl and twirl
Till there's no place left
In this chaotic breath
The musics playing
The flutes are whistling
The drums are banging
The cymbals clanging
All out of sync
All out of time
There's no sense of rhythm
Just lost
In this crazy rhyme.

Cover me

You cover me
With bundles of joy
Wrapped up in
Tiny bubbles
Each one bursts open
When I think of you
Kisses me on my face
Then stretches my mouth
Over my teeth
Into full smiles
They linger
In no hurry to leave
Pure delight
The richest pleasure
Of knowing you.

Lies

When you live a lie
You lie exposed
As an open target
One lie covers up the next
It's like you shot yourself in the foot
Then the other foot
Now your trying
To walk straight
But there's a trail
Of your life
That's draining out
Your walk is crooked
On a bent path
You're on the run
Chased down by your lies
With no legs to run on
The final outcome
Of this madness
Is the greatest deception
Of all
To call the lie
The truth
And the truth
A lie
What a nightmare
That would be
Only the truth
Can break you free
You must know the truth
Then the truth
Will set you free.

Loves not blind

They say that love is blind
Not the kind I know
The love I know
Is pure White light
It blazes
It penetrates
It liberates
It shines into every dark place
Then lights it up so bright
Yet it's gracious and kind
Tender in mercy
Always lifting me up
Forgiving
Holding nothing against me
Inviting me to drink of freedoms cup
This freedom
Is loves gift
Of eternal life
Loves light of truth
That causes my heart
To beat in unison
My step to be as one
One with loves giver
Jesus light of the world
So love is not blind
For He opened my eyes to see.

Intoxicated

So quickly you sweep me off my feet
So quickly you dance around my heart
Singing songs
Pure as Angels breath
On a frosty mountain sky
Oh the blues and greens
All the rich and bright
Colours of dawn
You set like sun
Wrapped around
My inner man
Then tighten loves hold
Around my fragile soul
Always gazing
Longing with eternal rays
Brighter than
All galaxies suns
Richer than
The finest moons
I drink of you
And I am
Intoxicated
With your love.

Mind your mind

You're stumbling over your head
Mind your mind
It trips you up
Lays you down
Turns you around
Face the ground
Lay down
Bring your mind
Offer it
Sacrifice it
On the alter of faith
Believe His mind
He will mind your step
Keep you upright not uptight
Clear headed in a murky world.

Beholding You

Look around
What do you see
Extraordinary beauty
Exquisite splendour
Drawing me into you
I see you
I behold you
And I am in awe
Awe of who you are
Awe of what you've done
Your ways
Reflect who you are
Who you are
Is altogether beautiful
Magnificent
Glorious
In all your perfection
Oh Lord
How I desire you
Delight in you
Love you
Love your presence
Seek your face
Upheld by your grace
My soul is still
Quietened like a weaned child
Like a weaned child
At his mothers breast
I am content
Beholding you.

I am Listening

You hear because you are listening
Patiently longing with affection
You listen because you care
You care because you love
Oh how you love!
You love more than I know life itself
You live always in love because you are love
So now my ears are open to hear you
Speak Lord
I am listening

Words

Scribe tell me your story
Pen out every word with precision
Steady as a surgeons blade
The power of the tongue hitting every mark
Instructing every mind
Changing every heart
Like precious apples of gold
Set in silver settings
The word goes out to rest within men
Ancient words
As old as Ancient days itself
Will not return empty
But fill every empty void

Celebrate

Sunshine
Warm rays penetrate the layers of my skin
Going deeper
Still I lie
Quiet to the activities of life
Just listening to the thoughts inside my head
Waiting till the heat has risen to its limit
Then slowly but surely rising and moving forward
Toward the ocean deep and blue cool and soothing
I feel the sand between my toes
My eyes see the ocean's horizon
The expanse of sky fills my vision
Large beautiful blue space inviting me in
I dive into an awakening flood of life flowing over me
Saturating me
I am completely refreshed
Floating on my back blinded by intense brightness
Once again
Still
Quiet
Listening to the thoughts in my head
This one thought emerges above the rest
Celebrate life in its fullest measure
Celebrate the breaths you take
Live wholly
Fully
Completely
Gratefully
Giving glory to God.

Exalted King

Incomparable
One and only
Saviour of the world
Pure and noble
Gentle and humble
All powerful All mighty
Conquering King
Always compassionate
Majestic in holiness
Doing wonders
Prison breaker
Demon slayer
Death destroyer
Resurrection and life
Reigning magnificently
Triumphing victoriously
Displaying splendour
Glory and awe
Slain lamb
Lion ruler
Merciful judge
Forgiving all who cry out
Ever present
Shepherd hearted
Never failing
Faithful and just
Righteous and true
Magnificent creator
Author and perfecter
Closest brother
Redeemer and friend
Life giver
Miracle worker
Son of man
Son of God
Certain coming King
Jesus Christ
Messiah Saviour
Lord of all
All glory
All praise
All power
All majesty
All dominion are yours forever
Forever praised

Truly Exalted

I love it when you are truly exalted
from the heart
It does something that moves me deeply within
I want to join the chorus
Sing the song
Lift my voice
Raise my hands
Give you praise
Even my body cries out for the glory
of your name
The most beautiful name of all
Saviour of the world
Saviour of my soul
Jesus exalted King of glory
I exalt your holy name.

godman

Another god man bites the dust.
He said he'd walk on water
Just as Jesus did
Stepped out onto H20
Then sank down to ground zero
He said his disciples weak faith
was the reason for the failed attempt
Those foolish followers took the blame
for his crooked bent
Countless millions still deceived
Their eyes now blinder than before
Who will rescue this staggering mass
and open up the door?

Life Abundant.

Can you hear the sound
Can you hear the tone
It's crystal clear
It's cool rushing water
Gentle touches of current
Soothing
Surrounding
Healing
Calming my inner man
Refreshing my soul
Drink my soul
Drink deep of these waters
For they are from the wells of salvation
Pure as purity can be
Deep and wide
High and broad
No end to this filling
No depth that is deeper
Oceans flood in
Like a drop in the bucket
Eternal springs
Living waters
Fountains roaring down in full flood
Run in
Jump in
You will not drown
Fully immersed
Filled to overflow
Life abundant.

Just want to sing

Just want to sing
Only ever wanted to sing from the time I was a boy
You put that in me
You gave me a gift
A longing
A desire as deep as I know
Through this gift
The song pulls me into you
That's why it's so precious above all the others
I know there are others but
This one stands out above the others
It's exalted where it belongs with you
In the highest place
Exalted above all else
When I know that someone is drawn to you
Through the song
There is the fulness of deepest longing complete
That somehow your song resounds in the hearts
Of those that are yours
The chosen ones
Called by you
Now drawn to you
A longing fulfilled a tree of life
This is where I want my life planted
Here is where my deepest longing is fulfilled
With you Lord
My glorious song

Clothed

The nonsense of appearance
Seems to grip us all
What people think
How do I look
Is it fitting
Will he notice
What will she say
Billing Bling
The whole world is dialled in
Calls the same number everyday
Brands and labels
Facades and ramps
Anorexic models prancing along in
The height of fashion
All making the same statement
Bought into the lie
Now cloned
Wanting to stand out but becoming the same
Same old story
Same old mould
It's been around from the beginning
When nakedness was covered by a few leaves
Leaves of shame
Underneath lay separation
From the only one
Who can reveal our true identity
Our real appearance
So there's no need any longer
To perform or hide
My acceptance is not in what I wear
What I say
How I act
What I've achieved
How I look
It's far greater than all the externals
It's the deepest internal truth
It's the deepest eternal truth of all
My acceptance is found in
My acceptance of God loving me
Just as I am
With all my dirty linen
His life stripped naked
Then laid on a cross
So I could be clothed in His forgiveness
Clothed in His love and grace
Clothed in His freedom
Accepted as His son
Clothed in Christ the only begotten Son
For all eternity.

Peace beckons

My soul rages
Like an unquenchable forest fire
The winds are unrelenting
Blowing across this day this hour
It's fierce
I know the winds will calm to a whisper
The flames will relent
Peace will come
Like a crystal clear stream
Quiet
Tranquil
Soothing
Even in this storm
I hear you calling
Come be with me
In this place
I will speak out
It is well with my soul

Faith

I looked out toward a clouded day.
The day before I beheld a beautiful mountain.
Now covered it reminded me of my faith.


FAITH.


Where have you gone awesome beauty
I saw you yesterday
Now you're hiding behind clouds
I know you're still there
You haven't changed
You are still magnificent
I see you in my inner gaze
You're just as clear as the day before
It's as if the clouds aren't there
Magnificent one
I behold you

Grace

Grace soaked hands
Saved me from satan's grip
Grace soaked hands hold me
Sustain me and keep me in God's plan
Plans for good
A future filled with hope
I bow my knee where grace awaits every step
To raise me up and carry me through every desert place
Assuring me along the way I'll never let you go
We'll walk life throughout until the end
When finally we will meet
Then I'll touch the hands of grace
The hands that brought me through
Gentle hands
Humble hands
Hands of awesome power
Hands of love
Accepting me
Hands that made all things new
The hands of God
That stooped down and raised me up
To see Gods glory through Christ His Son shining in me
How awesome are these grace soaked hands
Amazing hands indeed

So you think you can breathe.

So you think you can breathe
In and out
Rapid and slow
Paused then methodical
Hushed and silent
Who started the beat
Did you do that
Was it your idea
Where did it come from
The origins of life
Your life
You just know the second it started,
but you don't know the second it stops.
Or how many million breaths it takes before the end.
Or the number of hairs on your head.
The minuscule detail.
The perfect form.
The precise moment it finishes.
For as surely as I came into this world I will go out of it.
Just like my breath.
In and out.
Just like pro creation.
In and out.
Just like food and water.
In and out.
Just like sleep.
In and out.
Just like work.
In and out.
Just like knowledge.
In and out.
Just like money.
In and out.
Just like pleasure.
In and out.
Just like life.
In and out.
So you think you can breathe
What are you breathing for?

Book of Truth

Pilate asked Jesus What is truth? Not seeing that the truth stood before him.


BOOK OF TRUTH.


I want to enter into
Your book of truth
I don't want to write
With blurred lines
Across tainted pages
The storey is to be
Noble and pure
Holy and honest
You erase the lines of deception
And highlight what is true
Deception hides
In the corners of the dark pages
Seeking to lure me deeper in
Your light penetrates
Illuminates like
A blinding sun in full glory
In this brilliance
There is no room for darkest night
Even the darkness
Has become light to you
You see through everything
Nothing is hidden before your gaze
And the truth blazes
Like a warrior charging into battle
With victory written over your breastplate
With the banner of love
Flying high overhead
You triumphed
Capturing darkness and death
Swallowed up the father of lies
And now you are
Enthroned forever
Author of truth
Freedoms perfecter
You are the truth
Now my life
An open book
Is being written by your hand
Into the chapters of
Your book of truth.

Days on Earth

This was written on Zoe's birthday.what an amazing precious gift she is.Words can not fully express.Made me think of how precious the gift of our lives really are.
(Psalm 90:12+17)
Teach us to number our days aright,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
May the favour of the Lord our God
rest upon us;
establish the work of our hands for
us-
yes,establish the work of our hands.

I just really want my life to count for God.

Days on Earth.

18,609 the number of days till this day I've breathed in and out on earth
38,325 that's the number great gran lived plus 15 leap years that's 105 years to be exact
Today Zoe is 7650 days, 21 years alive
A beautiful young woman come of age
Abigail is 231 days in Ash's womb
Waiting to come out
From generation to generation
Numbers of days spend on earth
Every day watched over
Not one goes by unnoticed
The Lord watches over me day and night
My coming and my going
He doesn't skip a beat
Nor does He sleep
My help comes from Him
Maker of heaven and earth
He shades me
Soothes me
Saves me
Comforts me
Confronts me
Strengthens me
Extends mercy to me
Graces me
Forgives me
Faithfully
Joyfully
Longingly
My maker

My creator
Loves me
All the days of my life
Both now and always
He will not let my foot slip
He will lead me home
I lift my eyes to him
From Him my help comes
From Him my life comes
My breath comes
My days come
Walking with God
All my days on earth

From the Judgement Throne to the Mercy Seat

Judgement is such a heavy thing.
It's so final.
What I wrote yesterday was too heavy to send.
Then today I wrote a new song 'Mercy Flows'
So then I thought I could send them both.
They both flow out of the same heart.

Judgement Day.

Who can stand before this Holy God
Or raise their voice before His Holy throne
Who can justify all they've done
Or speak of righteousness
Who can sweep away all their darkest deeds
As if He'd turn His head
Who can wash their filthy rags
Or dress before His throne
Overcome with anguish
Helpless and alone
All breath dried up
All strength is gone
The greatest fear of all
Laid naked before this Holy King
To give account for all you've done
Then finally your voice is taken
This is how it will be
For those who refuse to bow their knee
Their sin will swallow them in death
The punishment and pain never will be spent
No amount of time will ever turn the clock
For the judgement seat on that final day
Is where you finally meet
For Gods love and sacrifice
Is plain for all to see
For those who search with all their hearts
Those who cry out for mercy plea
Then this saving grace by faith receive
The Son of God will set you free
No longer before His judgement throne
But before His mercy seat.


Mercy Flows.

From the greatest depths
You searched me out
From the greatest heights
I've fallen
You pick me up
Call my name
Raise my head
Take all my shame

Oh Lord my God
Mercy flows
From your throne of grace (x2)

I am whole
Holy in your hand (x2)

All my striving
I lay it down
All my fight
I give to you
All my dreams and hopes
Belong to you
Naked I stand
Now unashamed

Love

Breathe in
I love you
Breathe out
I love you
Speak in
I love you
Speak out
I love you
Everywhere you turn
I love you
Everywhere you go
I love you
Everyday you breathe
I love you
Everyday
Everywhere
I love you

Revelation

Your words Kaleidoscope through my mind
Creating colours of patterned beauty
Ordered life out of such chaotic madness
Ever changing light
Glistening
Radiant
Captivating
Penetrating
Alluring
Dazzling
Drawing me into ever increasing displays of
You centre stage in all your glory
Breathless
Spellbound
Magnified
Holy
Oh Lord I can scarcely take you in
I need my new body

Glory

You are so insanely beautiful
My mind spins and dances with joy
Violently swirling
With ever increasing glory
Oh glory and lifter of my head
My soul sings again
My body breathing in passion
Red hot love
Fire burning
Blazing
Increasing
Ever increasing glory
You are here

Singer of Songs

Oh Singer of songs
Sing your song
Let it dance across open skies
And move into valleys low
Ascending the highest of mountain heights
Touching the heart deep within my soul
You move into the place
That moves my inner man
Awakening in me the heart within
To gaze upon my soul
Here I find my search begins
To find the one who made my soul
The one who moves within my heart
The one who makes me whole
Oh singer of Songs
Sing your song
Sing your song for me

Move On

Now can you feel the winds are changing
The tide is turning once again
The move is coming closer
The shift is almost here
Do you want to stay and settle down
In this soft warm bed
With sheets so white and clean
The air cool and crystal clear
No one to ruffle your feathers
No one to ask for time
Just comfortable
Pleasant mediocrity
Nothing out of order
Nothing out of the ordinary
Therefore nothing extra ordinary
Just the same
Comfortable
I am not in this world to be comfortable
I am here to see His Kingdom come
So it's not time to settle down
It's time for
Moving on
Moving out
Moving into
All the future promises
Where my destiny is sure
For me to move by faith and not by sight
Kept by His sustaining grace
Just one step is all it takes
Just one step is all He's waiting for.

Your Voice

I treasure your voice
It's the richest of all
More precious than all the others
There are so many
Some loud
Some soft
Some gentle and kind
Some that make sense
Others full of nonsense
Some build up
While others destroy
Often mine is the loudest of all
Many vie for my attention
Some long for my affection
Some listening others steering off into space
Sometimes like a competition
All speaking at the same time
Just like the winds of change
Many of these voices blow in one day
Then they're gone the next
The only consistency
Their inconsistency

There is one voice
That stands out above the rest
One voice so pure
Affectionate
Anchoring
Assuring
Resounding with eternal tones
Penetrating
Transforming
Touching me
Painting true pictures in my mind
Reassuring my heart
The greatest sound of all
Is the beat of your loving heart
Speaking into the depth of mine
Breathing out life
So I live
To hear your voice.

The glory of the King

All the birds of the air they sing
They have only one song to bring
for the glory
The glory of the King

All the mountains they display
Clothed in splendour everyday
Declare the glory
The glory of the King

The oceans roar with thunderous praise
The gentle streams whisper His wondrous name
with resounding glory
The glory of the King

The trees and leaves clap their hands
In eager expectation of the sons of man
To rise with them in heavens song
Revealing glory
The glory of the King

All creation stands and shouts aloud
The heavens and the skies proclaim
The majesty of the risen King
The awesome glory
The glory of the King.

A square world

Is the world square,
Full of round people
who don't fit?
Like pigs of a feather that don't flock together
Even though they live side by side
That's just the space they're in
It's so full brimming to overflow
In fact flooded
But empty in a bone dry desert place
A damn mad world or a mad damn world
Which is it or is it both?
One thing for sure it's spinning
in ever increasing circles
Prison circles
Terminally ill circles
Lost at sea circles.

Beady Eyes

He peered around the corner with his beady eyes.
The spectacles he was wearing almost made them look normal.
Anyone else and it would have been your typical goldfish bowl look.
Yet you could tell something was odd.
That strange look everyone recognises.
Then again who is everyone?
Who determines the look,the style,the image?
His beady eyes are unique.
They glisten.
There is a certain beauty an absolute kind.
Behind them lies a radiant soul.

Right Mind

Don't by fooled by what you see.
Most people in the world are encamped around a visual address.
All the labels.
All the brands.
All the plastic facades of superficial realities.
Skyscrapers filled with phonies fill cities breathing in with rapid succession waiting to feed their anorexic appetite.
Just one fix then the forgotten taste gnawing in the gut like a dead pit.
Who in their right mind would wilfully want to dine at this table?

Believe

Who says never
Impossible
He can or can't
She will she won't
Up or down
In or out
Optimist or pessimist
Which one are you
Where do you bend to the right or to the left
Where do you fit
This way or that
Tossed upon the waves of change
How you ride them time will tell
Double-minded or stable and true
Trials will come that will test your faith
Ask for wisdom and do not doubt
Then out of the crucible
You'll be a finished work
Strong and pure
Lacking nothing
Impossible
now complete.

Humdrum

Drifting purposeless meaningless
Fixed on never ending circles
Around and around we go
This old man he played one
He played nick knack on my drum
With a nick knack paddy whack give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home
Home to the drum
The humdrum
The monotonous
The mundane
The all piercing, shuddering contaminating word
BOREDOM!
No, no, no!
I was born to live
I will not play that drum.

Rhythm and rhyme

There's a rhythm in rhyme.
There's a word in time.
There's a season to listen.
There's a time to speak.
With open ears and hearts in beat.
With lips that lay spoken.
With truth that stands open.
Open to see.
Open to know.
Open to be.
Open to tell.
Freedom is knocking on you door.
Freedom is dancing on your shore.
Will you swim in this sea?
Will you float in this truth?
Will you walk on weightless water?
Will you finally greet with outstretched arms
With eyes transfixed with the same heartbeat
Now perfectly in rhyme.
Now perfectly in time.

Narrow Way

Narrow gates and narrow doors.
Narrow lanes and narrow laws.
Narrow minds inside these narrow homes.
Living life like narrow clones.
This body of humanity washed up upon these shores.
Their dry bones dancing with the same flaws.
To the same drum beat where dumb downs meet.
Politically correct chanting and stamping of the masses feet.
The song of multitudes in this ancient river flood.
As in the days of Noah.
Let's eat and drink till our last drop of blood is spent.
Yet this death is already alive today
Like a firelight burning bright yet dead.
Like a towering inferno that raises it's head.
When will it stop?
When will there be peace?
When will we finally lay our heads to rest?
The day of the Lord is drawing near
His floodgate open
His turning tide now here.
Where judgement and mercy kiss and tell.
His storey of grace longing to touch our face.
Enter through His gate
One man at a time
Call on His name and you will find
Jesus this worlds saviour will save you today
For He is the narrow way.

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia comes to us all.
Double minded madness rises then falls.
A stab in the dark
A slight of hand
The curtains are closing
It's the final stand
Are you in or out?
Are you here or there?
Which side of the fence will you plant your feet?
Which side of the coin will you finally greet?
A roll of the dice
A game of chance
A paranoid twist
A psychotic glance
The camera's rolling
Your on the screen
Your life is in question
What will be seen?

Imperious Aristocrat

You talk with a swagger
You think you're pretty cool
One notch above the others
You say they look the fool
You look down on her dress
With a supercilious air
Curled up your lip
With a superficial sneer
Imperiously proud
Arrogantly loud
Aristocratically vexed
Superiority complex
One thing for sure
A certainty that's true
Pride goes before a fall
So repent before you do

BRILLIANCE

I want to sing bright lines
solid lines
lines of truth
Bearing the brightness of the dawn
slowly appearing
overtaking
and finally
saturating
like the sun rising on Kanchenchunga
Purples deep and rich
filtering into pinks
Rushes and flushes
Dripping down the snow
A river of morning light
It's in full flight
I'm captured
spell bound
found with you
Oh my glorious Song