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Archive - 2008

BEING LOST IN ROME

Being lost in Rome Six thousand miles from home Hours and hours Discovering my way Down pastel streets Buildings older than age Secrets of passersby ensconced in stone Reveal to me their elegance Feeling history underfoot Along the Sacred Way...

CAN I EVER BE A GOOD CHRISTIAN?

I have a problem More than I knew Sin is aggressive It has a hold on me I thought it was over I said the right words I purposed good My will withstood How can I fight The sin in my flesh It rankles and rumbles I get no respect I tell it be...

OUR SALVATION-WALK IN HIM

Our salvation was not an afterthought It was decided before anything was made His plan for me was always the only plan He made It is more than a pardon from sin My salvation includes everything I need for the journey He rescued me from death...

ONCE DEAD

I was dead, alone in sin, Jesus rescued me My life my own, my way was sin, Jesus gave me sight He paid a price I could not pay, I wouldn’t even have tried He was looking for me, I was filled with pride His grace bestowed, I bent my knee, Jesus...

RELATIONSHIP

We claim our place on earth Based upon our birth None of us decided this God gave life to us-a gift to use for good We are aliens in this world Called to live like Christ Our relationship with Him Is mirrored by the things we do People count...

GRACE

He knew our need Before we were His love for us declared He came into our world and died His love for us explained In the only way we could see Jesus loves me Grace is just the thing I need Each day, each moment on life’s way God’s good will...

ONE MAN-LANDRUM P. LEAVELL, II

We celebrate a joyous life Mourning our loss One man has made an impact Our loss is his gain A long life of value and worth He cared for us-loved us With courage when courage wasn’t cool Hearing our hurts and pains Living with a discipline that...

LOSING YOUR WAY

Be careful what you do Your mind will fool you His way will disappear Life will blind your heart Peace will drift apart You’ll find yourself alone A long way from home Guard against this thing Run when you see sin The world is at your door...

THREE DANGERS

I am an alien Living in the land It doesn’t belong to me I live at God’s hand Remembering whose I am When suffering comes Equips me to stand In the midst of evil’s land Lost horizons blind my sight I fail to see Christ’s hold on me Suffering...

THE PAIN OF THE DREAM

Tragedy carries with it great gain Earmarking our lives with a date Personal, lifelong, stalking our dreams Katrina did that to a million plus Now we relive all of those dreams Each time a hurricane attacks the coast There is an anger that...