But what if it’s true?
Then I would be dancingWith joy! But what if it’s true? Then I would buy my ticketsRight now But if it’s true? Then I would sell everythingAnd pack my essentials But what if it’s true? Then I shall start saying my goodbyesBy spending time with friends But what if it’s true? Then I would pick …. Read More
The middle
It was my fifth 18-hour work day in a row, and I stopped to wonder: am I ever going to get to work on the leaf idea that God had given me? Am I ever going to become a professor like God said I would? Am I actually hearing God when making my plans for …. Read More
Turn
When we don’t knowWhat is rightLord what do we doBut turn to you When all is wrongLord what can we doBut turn to you What is wrongLordWhat is right We don’t know- We only boughtInto the big lie We only bitInto that apple All those years ago And God you knewThat we made the mistakeOf …. Read More
Brazen faith (Isaiah 58)
When I see injustice Am I not to speak out? When I see deceit Am I not to cry out? Oh Lord what is fasting From meat and gold And the luxuries of life So that we may appear more righteous Oh Lord what is religion Of going to churches And singing hymns So that …. Read More
Magicians and illusionists
Out of thin airThey make hoopsFashioning themWith careful thought Out of thin airThey fashion complaintsBuilding themWith laborious effort Out of thin airThey build cagesConstructing themWith every intent To make me jumpTo capture meTo trap,To condemn me But do they not seeOh do they not seeThat I am prisonerOnly to Christ Jesus? No hoop, no snareNo …. Read More
The thief and the Saviour
For you have come That I may have LifeAbundantly, fully, joyouslyLike a ripe cluster of fruit The thief may fool meInto thinking thatIf my dreams are threatenedThat my joy is gone The thief may deceive meInto believing thatIf my plans do not succeedThen you are no longer with me The thief may comeTo stealTo killTo destroyMy …. Read More
Who am I
Lord who am I to askFor anything?When you haveGifted me my life Jesus who am I to seekAssurance from this worldWhen you haveBlessed me with faith God who am I to questionWhat is justiceWhen you haveAll of this earth in your hands Father who am I to argueFor accountabilityWhen you haveDied on the cross for …. Read More
Uncertainty
So He’s told me where I’m goingWhile my eyes are where I’ve been Swimming through the daysFighting through to win Can’t my soulRecognize:God’s wonThe fight! Can’t my soulSing and praise:I am set free by the Son! Can’t my soulRecognize:God’s wonThe fight! Believe oh soul,Believe oh soul,The visions from God! So He tells me where I’m …. Read More
So where then do we go
The immigrant life.What does it entail? Leaving the familiarFor a new home. Having your heart setIn a new hope. Waking to your last dayBefore your trip starts.Taking in the surroundingsAs you sighIn anticipationOf what is to comeAnd in anticipationOf what you will forgo.All your neighborsFriends, familyForgoing their wavesTheir hugs, their smiles.How they will changeAs you …. Read More
Ephesians 1:10 wed night bible study poem
We make bricksWe make monumentsTo all the wrong godsOf this world Until Trials and tribulationsLeave us gasping for air Grasping for strawsTo make bricks “How will I do experimentsWithout reagents!!How will I build bricksWithout straw!!” To keep building theSame monumentsOver and over again Building up wallsThat cage us furtherAnd further intoThe dark recessesOf our minds …. Read More
