Lord, my praise only is to thee

***** My eyes survey up above the horizon On earth I look, her glory to behold I feel the touch of beauty as I see your works See the lilies, listen as birds hum What is that, if but praise to thee ***** Too bad some have seen the grandeur Beheld of the resplendence of …

What shall I say of your love Lord?

***** What will I say of you Lord? What words will I use this love to say? What drawing do I make your love to show? I hope I were a renown poet, poems of you to write I wish I were an artist, your love to inscribe on walls ***** Yet I am just …

Do not just run, count the cost.

***** When we are young we are taught above all things to be hardworking. Not to be lazy but to find something to do. That is a good teaching and one I believe we should uphold not only in our early days at school but even later in life. However, there is one thing the …

I am not alone

***** Though I may seem to walk alone Although I may be perceived to live by myself Facing my wars and fears solely; The world of but one lion, Yet I am not alone, not any more. ***** Yes this I can say with confidence With no fear of contradiction in mind Neither an imagination …

The war is on, fighting we must

***** Storms are raging, the water levels on high Too weak to survive, too violent the battle is From Syria to Asia, Africa through Europe War is at hand, if not in fresh, then surely in Spirit The war is on, fighting we must ***** Like Him who died for us Peace is not promised …

I will see the smile on His face

***** This now a rough path I am treading With scorching sun behind my back Trials and temptations I am facing Yet, I still contemplate, in Hope I will see; The smile on His face when I shall overcome ***** Even though persecution be but my daily luck While I am in pain and anguish, …

I want to be born again

***** This is my desire, that back in the womb I go That all over again I would see the sun a new Take one long breath afresh and watch the stars move That I would write my story, every syllable all carefully Yes, I desire that again I would be born ***** I know …

He loves me, yes He does

***** I know myself or so I believe And this much I know His love I deserve not His care I shouldn't have Yet He loves me, yes He does ***** Up the Cross He went, wept for poor me It is me he had in mind and in love He died Even knowing that …

I am the resurrection and the life

***** Lord, I have feared to walk in the dark of the night Knowing the enemy so awaits; to pounce and harm me And so I hesitate, shining my light I so fear in darkness If but only to save my skin, to preserve this life But today you say; I am the resurrection and …

Oh precious glorified body!

***** This tent I dwell as I pass by Whence shall I depart from ye Until when will I be tormented in here Tormented by diseases, frailty and sin Oh precious glorified body, thee I desire ***** See now I am looking on my Lord He that overcame the world Now in heavens above He …