Outside

I cannot contain
The searing pain
Of never having seen you last
My future looks dim
Going out on a whim
Graces attained while I fast

Nothing can take away
Anything I have gained
By way of love and peace
Those outside this day
Gnash their teeth and complain

Certainty

I know what’s in my Heart
A hidden treasure I have found
Delight of my soul
The Lord of Hosts resides

His love is beyond the cosmos
Beyond measure and sin
Thus it is mine to give
And I offer it freely to the world

But they deny it in person
Just as they deny it here
Everywhere I indeed know why
Uncertainty comes to mind

Well take a leap of faith then
That is what it is for
Breaking the barrier
Between the known and unknown

Decision

Oh I poured out my heart
My words in chalices fell
Left up to you to decide
To drink or pour out

But the brightness of the wonder and pain
Brought the earth to my knees
And Mercy came upon the earth
Subduing even the most wretched it seems

Calamity

Let the Lord touch you with His mercy
Let go of your evil inclinations
Allow the Spirit to move freely
To envelop you in His light
To dispel the darkness inside

Sound with the light of love
The Lord turns to us to face us
To protect us
To love us
To redeem us
In these darkest of times
For this calamity will spread like fire

Worth

Everybody knows it is a time to be
With the very ones we love to see
But my world is upside down
You have no interest in me

The crushing blow to us all
Will affect us forever more
I am left all alone thinking
Surely to life there is more

Indeed there is as it is
Love is where it is at
With grace and glory
A life worth loving is a life worth saved

Knew

You’re so far away
I wish I didn’t need you
But the fact I do
Means I have gone crazy

Distant and afraid
That you will die without me
Been wondering
When will that ever be

Got me thinking of mortality
A distant memory fading away
Grasping what is real
Enabling love to have a say

I love you beyond the stars
Reserving the best for you
Oh how I want to write you
Even if I knew you

Same

This evil has me separated from my Lord
From His Presence I am denied
I am a wretched sinner
And need His forgiveness

His Presence has entered my heart
Bound by vows and promises
Our Hearts as one
The same love

Hymn

An overwhelming sadness
Fills my heart today
A sorrow of the deepest kind
For those who are lost
And now death is at hand
Forgive and be forgiven
Let go of an evil past
Join me in
An unending hymn of prayer
For deliverance in Christ’s name