Category - Poetry

Ideas come and quickly go
Striving to be
The one You know
And in the struggle
Comes the Word
You have heard
I am known

Surrender begins the journey
It makes me fear
What will be tomorrow?
Who will be near?

Your hand calms my fear
I am is near
Listen as I fear

The growth is in the action
Taken when I surrender
Out of my fear
I believe You are here
Then I do what calls me near
And growth is the result

Every step into the dark
Every victory of my fearful heart
Takes me one step more along my way
Being able to serve You today

The joy rings within
When victory conquers sin
And I am used again
The Lord’s work wins.

CC 5/30/05

The Plan is you
Complete and true
Straight from His heart
Making a blessing of you

Written before
Foundations were laid
Every detail expressed
Making a blessing of you

Where you are
Is where you should be
Surrender your life
He died on your tree

Judgment begins
By your choice
Refuse His plan
Sacrifice your life

The options are clear
Your were made by love
Listen and hear
He will guide your life

In each one of us
Questions ring out
Has God said?
Can control our life

Throw off the guilt
Stop with the hate
Surrender your life
Before it is too late
5/25/05 CC

All around
Friends in need
Sometimes things
Sometimes thoughts
Prayer makes a difference
Expanding my heart
Giving room for action
By the Lord’s chosen art

Never do I remember
What the moment was
A thought for a friend
Taken to the Lord
Asking Christ for comfort
Or need
For that one my heart sees
Expressing to the Lord

Do not miss your wisdom
Do not discount your strength
You may be the chosen
The Lord uses to bring
Someone in need
Before His throne
Spend time with Jesus
You will belong

The world seeks to dismiss me
It says who am I?
I am God’s child
With His work
By His strength
At His urging
Being used in victory
Before a watching world

CC 5/20/05

Alive to God
That’s what I want
I need to hear His word
I’m God created; Jesus saved and Spirit-filled

David is a pattern
His life a joy to see
In Psalm 18 he hollers out
I will leap for Thee

David leaps for Goliath
Confident of God’s hand
Knowing that this moment
Death was Goliath’s fan

Running from Saul
David does it each day with zest
Never questioning if Jesus loves him
He lives his life under test

Rounding up stray sheep
Meeting Jonathan
Pursuing God
David leapt to live

Always alive to God
Down to earth and dealing with life
David was God’s man
I want to live like that
CC 5/15/05

Jesus comes to where I am
He is looking for me
Living in this place on earth
Christ comes and gives me worth

Jesus has a plan for me
He wants me to know
That where I am
Is exactly the place I should go

All the ages praise Him
He brings meaning for me
I’m not a slave of evil
The Lord has set me free

My unusual situation
Is not something to be spurned
Jesus brings great value and worth
To wherever I might be

He doesn’t circumvent my ways
He works within me
Changing the way I see
And all the things I can be

People all around me
Each one of them count
Jesus sent me to them
To live heaven bound

He doesn’t offer shortcuts
He equips me to stay the course
I belong to Jesus
He embraces me

5/15/05 CC

Jesus came speaking
Words we had not heard
Telling us of heaven
Revealing evil’s plot

Eternal condemnation
For those that stay with self
Eternal friendship with us
If we choose Jesus way

Man is a complex creature
Yet life is very plain
We live today by God’s good grace
Tomorrow never plays

Danger, fears and options
Daily rear their head
My friend Jesus loves me
He gives me a cool head

I’m here on a mission
He told that I count
Victory is within me
As I surrender my account

Jesus speaks His Words of life
They guide me through each day
Steadily heading home to Him
My mission is on the way

He will never leave me
Relationship is His gift
Uniting me to the Father
He will never let me slip

Words of wisdom always hidden
Until Jesus came to share
God loves me forever
Christ is here to stay
CC 5/15/05

You there must beware
Christians are set free
Freedom demands of me
Control the way I live

See the one that comes to me
Angry at the way I do
Listen to their pain
Know their name

Don’t hurt them
Forgive them from the start
People need me
To hear, believe and be

Fragile fools in mental dress
Claiming life
Destroyed at best
Kindness always wins

I don’t have to prove
I cannot abuse
Their fragile life
Bend my knee to self

Serving, living, being
People need the Lord
First they need a hand
I choose to be God’s man

CC 5/15/05

I want to read
I know it’s good
I’ve failed today
To read Your way
Teach me self-control
To take my time
Build my soul
Reading God’s law

A gift of grace
To love the Word
Stick it on my heart
Reading makes me whole
Christ is in control
Daily His advice
Listening as He speaks
Remembering He loves me

I’m training for the day
When storms rule the way
Sunshine in my soul
Christ will guide me home
I will not be alone
Tragedy will not control
Surrender builds my strength

Life is long and short
Time destroys me
Jesus claims my time
His Word guides my path
Sheltering me from the blast
The world will not last
Eternity is in me
Jesus sets me free
CC 5/15/05

Living well
See my things
All around is wealth
My heart deceives me

Out of control
Self maintained
Refusing Jesus’ way
Calling my shots today

Seeking after fleeting fame
I want them to remember my name
Never said but always there
The drive to be in control

All around is pain and strife
Deep within I’ve lost my life
Selfish ends create the means
Stand aside for me

Strangers die
And I don’t care
I clutch my cloak
Refuse to share

Who am I to change the world?
Yet live like kings
Who’ve gone before
I want my way each day

Too late in life
I find the truth
Great wealth resides in me
Giving sets it free

Living well requires my life
I give of all I have
And treasures grow from what I give
Giving sets me free

Free to see –Free to be
Freedom now to grow
Jesus fills my soul
His life makes me whole
CC 5/15/05

A mom’s mom
Queen of our house
Keeping us together
Through sun and cloud

Quick to listen
Strong in the test
She knows our heartaches
And loves us best

Each one of the children
Were molded by her
A model of strength
Opportunity to grow

Never a whimper
In the face of great pain
She stood up to death
Remaining the same

A rock, a shield
Our home is her rule
A sanctuary of peace
Joy from her cool

I love this woman
Almost forty years
I am enabled
Because she gives

She gives of her wisdom
Guides from the Lord
I am grateful
For our gift from the Lord

5/7/05 CC