God is good, and God is love

He is a constant expression of Love

No matter what the circumstance looks like

I will not bow to situations

By questioning God’s identity

No matter what things look like 

God is good, and my God is love

His expressions of love never cease

His goodness knows no end

He is every thing I lean on

He is steadfast, He does not bend

So I will fall on the fate that comes

Though storms rage

And tempest surge

I bring my heart bared open and wait

What the fire and storm

Will burn and purge

You are a good…

Perhaps your heart is asking

What must I do to be saved

It’s a question many have asked

Since the dawn of all days

When their hearts are stirred before them

And they see their own bitterness

They wonder “why?”

They wonder “how?”

So many are asking

“What must I do to be saved”

I tell you now

There is a way

You can be saved

There was one who paid ransom for you

Jesus Christ of Nazareth

Purpose in your heart

To turn from your wicked ways

Let go of every stirring in your mind

That binds you

Then call to this stranger, Jesus

…

If we go low

            If we go oh so low

We get out of the way

            We get out of the way

And the one who matters

            Can do all the moving

And he moves so fast

            He will fill the whole place

With the expression

            Of who he is

Oh it’s so simple

            We just get out of the way

            Wrapping ourself in linen

            Wrapped in humility

Stopping the inward focus

And enamour ourself with him

The Lord has his way

In the whirlwind

In the storm

The clouds:

            The dust of his feet

His love is free

            Extending to the poor

                        To the broken

But his wrath is earned

            The obstinate and proud

                        Meet their end

The storm, the whirlwind

            Fall on all men alike

Through the storm

            The Lord has his way –

Oh to know, the goodness

            Of his ways

Who is a stronghold

            In the day of trouble

But darkness meets its utter…

Purify me within

That the song from my heart

Would be pleasing to you

That the soiled flesh

Would be as ashes before you

Burned by your purifying fire

It’s not been easy

To let things go

In my won strength

I know

Weakness, frailty, failure

Disappointment that overwhelms

But when I yield to you

I am changed

I have failed at the simplest things

My will no steadfast

But like the waves

Tossed to and fro upon a whim

But you draw me in again

I cry in weakness

I cry in pain

I cry in anger

Disappointment

Frustration

But this weakness 

…

My Lord, my Lord
The heaven of heavens
And the deepest of the earth
Cannot fathom what you are like.

Yet we cannot fail to see you
Cannot fail to see how you move
You are our encounter
In the morning when we wake
You sustain us
When we shut our eyes
Yet the highest of heaven
And deepest of me
Does not perceive what you are

Your presence unravels me
And I yield to your heart
You rearrange me
Inside and out
You make me fit
Into the destiny you're giving me

Your army of laid down lovers
Are unraveled on the floor
They have become…

I need oil for the midnight hour
     I need oil for the bridegroom
I need oil in the midnight hour
     I need oil in the darkness
     I need oil to welcome the bridegroom
     I need oil for the wedding day

So pour it out, pour it out, pour it out
As I gaze on you
As I contemplate you
As I experience your presence
I am renewed
I open up, so I am filled

Your presence brings
     What I need to pour out on you
Your presence brings
     What I need to shine like you
My eye single
     I am changed
     I am empowered to love…