All I Have To Do

Lord what must I do

To live forevermore

Should I sell all my possessions

And give the money to the poor

 

Do I love my God with all my heart

And my neighbor as myself

Do I set aside for the church

Ten percent of all my wealth

 

I know that I can never buy

Forgiveness for my sin

But you gave to me

A way to enter in

 

All I have to do is believe in you

All I have to do is know your word is true

It's true

You make all things new

I believe you came to rescue me

You took the chains upon yourself to set me free

I'm free

And in you I'll always be

Trust you

That's all I have to do

 

I fall short of your glory

And I will for all my days

'Cause I fail all your commandments

In a thousand different ways

 

If it's up to me I'll never see

The beauty of your face

But it's through your love

And your amazing grace

 

You take away my guilt and shame

All by the power of your name

Your righteousness is mine to claim

If I believe in you

It's all I have to do

You're Not Here

I sit here on the grass

Staring at the stone

Your name is etched upon it

Surrounded, yet alone

I think of all our dreams

And the plans we used to make

The things we'd do together

The trips that we would take

And I'm reminded...

You're not here

 

I lie here in my bed

There's room enough for two

But only one that sleeps here

Looks like it needs you too

There's lightning in the window

In the coming of the storm

And in spite of all the blankets

I just cannot stay warm

It's all because...

You're not here

 

You're not here to see the way the kids

Are growing up so tall

You're not here to know how being alone

Has made me feel so small

You're not here to watch the way that I

Have broken down and cried

You're not here to feel the cancer as

It eats you up inside

 

I sit here in the pew

Listening to the Word

Of Jesus' resurrection

It's the sweetest ever heard

You're in the Father's arms now

Free from any pain

And I have the blest assurance

That I'll see you once again

And it's okay that...

You're not here

Odds & Sods

I don't like to post incomplete things. Stories, songs, whatever. This is supposed to be a collection of stuff with a beginning, middle, and end - it's not a diary where I sit and kvetch about inconsequential nonsense, and how my life isn't going how I thought it would, and blah blah blah. Blech.

There comes a point where I have to get stuff down on "paper", before I lose/forget what I was working on. Vapor trails, and all that. That being said, I need to get some bits and pieces of songs somewhere permanent before they disappear into the mist.

Grace Abounding

I want to die to the power of sin and death
I want to live for the one who gives me breath
I want to be an example of righteousness
And grace abounding
Sing to the glory of his name
Who lifted me from the depths of my guilt and shame
Invited me into a kingdom I could not claim
And turned my life around

Not So Much

Tell me why can't I learn how to trust you
Why can't I give you my heart
Why do I keep doing all of those things
That constantly tear us apart
Why do I find it so hard to believe
In something that I can't touch
Your grace is sufficient
But my faith, not so much

Overcome Me

You've overcome the world
Now overcome me
I stumble in the darkness
'Cause I'm too blind to see
Your plans are so much greater
Than mine could ever be
You've overcome the world
Please overcome me