The day is coming soon when all I will do is praise God,
Sometimes I forget to do it enough,
This morning my heart just wants to praise God.
In the midst of a sea of uncertainty,
This is my assurance,
Praise is my new language,
I am learning to be fluent,
Learning new words every day,
Communicating daily to eternity.

Each day my first task is to praise God,
I come to him seeking truth,
It flits past me,
When I seek to grasp it,
It slips from my grip,
Like the rainbow’s conclusion,
Tantalizing me I yearn to discover where it ends.

I think about Truth, day and night,
Why does it create pain?
Where does my searching end?
Love’s truth always ends at my beginning,

Truth’s harsh reality is a difficult path,
I feel scared of its uncertainty,
It requires a Holy Trust,
I am not the master of my destiny,
The Lie of sin is that I can know truth,
Holy Trust is a daily finding of Truth.

When I consider your truth this morning,
I can see it confounds lies,
Destroying any chance of dishonesty,
It’s a frightening fate for the dishonest,
A comforting hope for the faithful,
Resting in your truth,
Eagerly anticipating your daily Voice,
Leading me forward.
Able to face whatever this day brings.

Another day begins,
The choice is mine,
Praise God,
Or, choose myself and misery,
Two options,
Choose life – or, death.

I love the life path,
It is an eternal unfolding possibility,
Not limited by human intervention,
Every day full of God opportunities,
From the moment my eyes open,
My world is filled with laughter.

The death path is for the ignorant,
Self consumed with their own plans,
They will lead themselves and their family,
Into a life of destruction.
Continuous dissatisfaction will be their reward.

Even when I was ready to give up,
God was getting ready to avenge the lies,
The daily stench of contempt’s voice,
Vomiting up put downs,
Contempt hated laughter,
Every word tried to quench hope,
God was listening to my daily sobs of failure,
When I wilted under a continuous onslaught of hate,
He is waiting for the right time to set things right.

Contempt has chosen a treacherous path,
Death is the end point,
The only hope is to turn to God,
Life is the eternal hope.

Confusion is my best description of this life,
Sadnesses abound,
When happiness is my desire,
I long to see a clear path,
That takes me directly to happiness,
Instead I am diverted by regrets,
I cannot see the next step,
Lost is where I found myself.

My deepest unplumbed thoughts,
Are laid bare to you God,
I don’t trust my own heart,
And, its deceitful truth,
My tears of confusion,
Are the only words I can speak.

Lord, take my weeping, sobbing heart,
Open it to your love,
I need to Rest,
Opposition doesn’t understand,
Painful words screaming at me,
God is not hearing me,
He will let me fail.

My stomach churning,
As this new day begins,
Uncertainty is my reality,
I long for God’s voice today,
To speak with clarity,
From the fog emerging truth,
Praise for what will become,
Trust transforming tears.

I felt the hot breath of hatred,
Every day screaming my stupidity,
While wilting under its onslaught,
My deepest parts clung to my God.

The hater was full of himself,
He thought he was God,
Power was his crutch,
Gathering a pitiful group of believers,
Love of money brought hate to full flower,
Its message being dispersed far and wide,
He considered only his own wealth,
When I was left with nothing.

Death is everyone’s reward,
Trusting in human power is the true stupidity,
It doesn’t last – we all end as dust,
Greed is a deadly pursuit,
God hates the vindictive and power hungry,
The hater doesn’t know love,
Nice words are laced with destruction,
He should be worried,
God will avenge their hate legacy,
Goodness is death’s conqueror.

Laughter is community’s song,
Even the tone deaf can catch its tune,
It’s always sung best with others,
Even when alone it has an open invitation,
For others to join this song.

Laughter is a gift from the Creator’s community,
Life began with laughter as an idea was shared,
The sound of deep joy and loving what is good,
The song sung by creator and creation,
Inviting the whole world to sing.

Truth understood is a slippery thought,
Fully caught when it lives in my heart,
Then my soul reveals what was within,
Truth eludes what I thought I knew.

Truth lived is where my soul and heart connect,
Joined together in an awkward dance,
Reality seeks to tap its shoulder,
Interrupting its awkward rhythm.

Truth hoped for is my heart’s desire,
Connecting soul and heart and dance,
Seen by its audience to testify,
Truth joined and moulded with who I am.

I felt God’s warm breath on the back of my neck,
I knew he was close,
His gentle whisper in my ear,
Saying, my dearest child,
I have chosen you,
Your broken heart,
Was so that you could know more of my love,
It was the only way that you could hear me,
Once broken it could never be closed to me again.

A tightening surge rises from within,
Uncertainty, fearfully, remembering,
Breaks the imagined calm,
Too much, too fast, too soon,
Restlessness breaks in on every task.

Serenity is imagined from my soul’s mind,
Hopefully, trusting, relearning,
Reality is almost in sight,
Rest, slow down, wait,
A settling transforms whatever comes today.

Truth is the soul’s main labour,
Connecting heart and head and eternity,
Truth lived brings laughter and tears,
Truth understood is shared intimacy,
Embracing with none of love’s regrets,
The longed for hello,
Not the regretful goodbye,
Truth is not clinging to a failed understanding,
Truth is the soul’s daily work,
The creative heart work of the true human.

A breath of stillness passes by,
A whisper that is barely caught
I was still just now,
I heard a voice speaking,
Love and hope for those left behind.

A life passes sadly in the din,
Barely heard,
A small voice in a crowd,
My God cries out to me,
Be still and hear him now.

What does this life say to me?
I pray my soul is not deafened,
To the cry of the poor,
Not drowned out,
by a raucous busy life.

I took a moment to be still,
I heard a voice speaking,
I took a moment to be still,
I heard his voice speaking to me

I know Salvation’s price is free
That part is done by you
My Father’s life freely given
Before my life is born
Your plan for me was made
Your desire for perfection
Life’s promised fullness
Is all completely paid

The community your son created
Against which hate cannot prevail
Is the place to discover
Salvations price revealed
Daily loved shared deeply
Connecting to an intimate me
Seeking hope in all who come
To our Father’s community

But to know what’s truly given
I must learn to let go
Of all what binds within
This world’s hopes
Clawing for my attention
Attachment’s present desire
Means to linger in the shadows
Today I choose the gift

When the cloud touches the mountain,
And evening arrives early,
When daylight is overtaken by,
the fog’s clinging haze,
The light – succumbs to shadows,
Darkness oozes in,
The light gives way to gray,
Constricting what is seen,
The view ahead is limited,
By the thick enveloping blanket,
that dims the light ahead,
It blurs behind the darkness,
Fog clinging to all it sees.

The fog’s haze meets with me,
Both from the outside and looking in,
Life battles my situation,
That seeks to take away,
My hope – is crushed by anxiety,
Despair is lived each day,
My creativity is limited,
By the fog’s shadows,
Covering all I do and say,
I seek to catch a glimpse,
Of what will come today,
But, my vision is limited
By the fog that lies within.

I know the fog will visit,
For a time and then will leave,
It’s clinging dimness struggling,
Against the sun rays clearing,
To the emerging day,
That opens a brighter, loving way,
It is transparent and surprising,
Because of where it came,
Shadows highlight light,
To show the path ahead,
My sight renewed, refreshed,
No longer am I limited,
By the fog’s brief touch with me.

A sparrow never questions
What will come each day
It only does what’s needed
Because it’s made that way
Now is all that matters
Cause there’s just today
Tomorrow’s only worry
Is at the end of every day

The night sounds speak quietly
too early for the bird’s song
too early for morning clatter
I know light will come
but it’s eternity to wait

From creation’s beginnings
You had a plan
With Adam’s decision
You had me in mind

The forgiven life is the only way,
Self declared hope ends in despair,
Its self focussed worship,
Leads to a deeper ache,
The shame of false promises,
Disappointments surround pride’s voice.

God’s voice declares his truth to all who listen,
It brings a joyous noise to the world,
Deafness is the poorest excuse,
Because God has made sure,
That everyone can know who He is.

My life will now be lived listening to God,
Deep joy surrounds waking each day,
My sleep is full of satisfied dreams,
Eternity promises shared creativity with my God,
We will share forever in life’s beauty,
Forever in a home where I belong.

I spent too long wallowing in failure,
From now on I intend to be completely real,
Remembering God will be my first task each day,
Discovering new ways God has loved me,
His voice is heard everywhere,
And, now my voice joins with him,
My out of tune cracked record,
Now is singing in perfect tune.

I will give to God what belongs to him,
My life completely committed to him,
I tried living my way but I was a disaster,
I’ve handed it all over to God,
Even my everyday worries that I want to keep,
Are now safely given to God to solve.

My life is now God centred,
All my distractions were taken from me,
There is only room for me to praise God,
I find new songs to sing each day,
And, new expressions of God’s praise everywhere,
I love singing with my God every day.

In the daily struggle from uncertainty to uncertainty,
I couldn’t find anything to satisfy,
Then I heard God speaking,
Truth was hard to hear at first,
It rubbed my broken edges.
Painfully every part of my life,
Was restored by Creation,
Piece by piece I was examined,
Love’s balm was painfully ministered,
So that healing could be completed.

My emaciated soul, starved for too long,
Now I relish Creation’s daily goodness,
Served a banquet of love,
The choice of daily pleasure is made easy.

Sleepless nights belong to haters and bullies,
Each night I rest well and dream good dreams,
I am one eyed in the desires I encourage,
Tough choices lead to a restful life,
My life embraced by Eternity,
Discovering my song sung from the heart,
Truth that resonates deeply within,
Found in every whisper of Eternity,
Life unfolds with more and more opportunity,
Loved completely, living the satisfied life.

Evil intentions surrounded me,
Delighting in creating havoc,
Lies abounding,
But soon my dear enemy,
Will pay hate’s price,
Its true cost will be tallied,
Then paid in full,
My dear enemy will be bankrupted.

A deeply wounded, broken spirit,
Only receives compassion from God,
God’s love protects the broken,
But as the lies abound,
His anger for the poor spirit rises,
He will tally the lies and hate.

Anger wielded by love is truly frightening,
To the lover of lies,
There is no escape from love’s justice,
Contempt confronted by loving anger,
Will quickly melt in its white heat.

From my brokenness I know God’s anger,
But its protection is always welcome,
When I am called to face my dear enemy,
I walk in the strength of my God’s love,
My dear enemy has no chance of victory,
Disarmed by hope, lost to love,
My enemy’s defeat is clear to everyone.