Month: March 2018

Surrender your blunders to The Lord
Your mistakes to His potter’s wheel
He will use them to create a more perfect soul
One that is authentic and real
Surrender you heart to the touch of His hands
He will mold it and make it like new
Regardless of how your past days were spent
What you did…or didn’t do
Surrender your will
Though it was given to you for free
Surrender your first love to The God of earth and sea
Surrender your mind, let Him remake your thoughts…renew
The negative chatter, the unworthy junk will give way to new attitudes
Where His grace, His peace, His hope, His love
Abound through the darkest night
Surrender your all to The God of Israel
The One True God of Peace and Life

Lift me up above my thoughts
High above where the Eagle flies
Let me see from Your point of view
My future through your eyes
Keep my focus stayed on You
Don’t let the deceiver invade
Stealing the treasures of Your promises
Bejeweled lives
Can fall in disarray
For I know the plans you have for me
Plans to prosper and not to harm
Plans for hope and a future
There is no need to be alarmed
I will accept each day
As the beautiful gift of life
The Father has given
Knowing He is covering me
Under His wing
I find His provision
And it sustains me
Once again I am filled
Without a need or want
All because of
What Jesus did
To save me
From the Cross

The Peace
that passes all understanding
some claim
to have known your fame
I know I’ve met you
at least a thousand times
yet I never seem
to remember your name
when my ship is at sea
when the storm winds blow
tossing me forward
slamming me aft
when the waves crash down
pummeling me starboard
dousing me port
what a sorry excuse
for a mortal craft
this vessel
I harbor
where peace should reside
ringing boldly
from the upper deck
yet you hide below
creeping alongside
amidst the tumultuous waves
reveling in the torrent of the sea
tell me why, for God’s sake
peace, have you forsaken me?
and then as God would have it
ten foot swells
die down to four
and the peace that passes understanding
floats me along to a distant shore
where love and grace
and hope and faith
sit near the waters edge
vowing never to forsake me
they sing aloud their sacred pledge
to always rescue me
in times of trouble
as long as I lift my head
to God, The Father up above
clinging to Him
I have nothing to dread
for His peace will live inside of me
He goes before me and behind
guarding the chambers of my heart
He is there to quiet my mind
from restless thoughts
that would keep me bound
to chains that shackle and bind
Ah yes,
I could never forget your name
you are the one Jesus left behind
to be our friend and counselor
The Holy Spirit…the advocate for all mankind

Get me out of my own way, Lord
Help this servant leader to see
That to enjoy Your presence more fully
My thought-life should not be focused on me

Help me reign in self-centered thoughts, Lord
Hold my gaze, keep only in my view
The multitude of opportunities, You give Lord,
To shift negative thoughts to positive ones of You

Like how You’ve molded me into a beautiful vase
From a lump of clay at Your potter’s wheel
Giving me a taste of success in this life
While understanding…that only “significance” is real

You are bringing to life, my authentic self
You give me glimpses of what the future can be
So I praise You and Thank You for all You have done
Focusing my thoughts on You and not me

Allow my mind to be free of the negative junk
Give me peace and understanding, I plead
To become aware of the strengths You’ve gifted
And how You are preparing this servant to lead

So, I will lead with “others” on my heart and mind
Taking the focus off of me
Turning the lens toward those I can help
Using innate talents You’ve given to me

I am a LEARNER, a problem solver
RESTORATIVE as I can be
I crave CONNECTIVITY with like-minded people
Similar…yet different from me

And my EMPATHY will transport me
I won’t even have to choose
I’ll be a mile down the road
Walking imprints of another’s shoes

I thirst for COMMUNICATION
Though I connect best with words
I prefer to write them down on paper
Before they are ever heard

Yes, this is the servant leader
God intended for me to be
Using my natural strengths
Living life authentically

And You my friend, are welcome to join me
As I trust that you will find
Your own unique genius, when with your strengths
You too align