Ode to Love

All the earth give thanks!  God, how awesome are your deeds (~Psalm 66:3) LORD, how great you are I have a request Amidst this good revelry Make my days gentler  Give me peace in them  That like I have never known So I may rejoice Keep granting my dreams Nights filled with days ticking off Evening and morning You have tested me Like silver refined I feel Please treat me like gold  Make a place for me Where I will not be cast out And life continues Until your day, LORD  When joy will be made complete For all who fear/love you I have cherished you I hope you can do the same So I say Amen 

Be praised in Zion!  You answer all my prayers And forgive my sins The earth keeps ticking  Blessed by your faithfulness Good things upcoming You formed the mountains  By awesomeness of your strength  Sing hallelujah! You bring peace to seas  The nations are in your hands Nothing you can't do I'm speaking in awe  For I can do so little I stand in greatness You care for the land Tending a little garden  Bringing plants to life You care for my soul Tending a little human Bringing more to life For you I write this My God throughout everything Amen to Amen

Joel 2:28-29 “And afterward,     I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy,     your old men will dream dreams,     your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women,     I will pour out my Spirit in those days."

God, will you see it? The plan which I have conceived Meant for complex good?  Though it is complex Different from my enemies No one to talk to So I speak with you  Seeing you read every line A truth telling tongue Even watch my thoughts I mean for nothing hidden As if it could be Please do not punish For many sins of my youth I seek you right now LORD I could not stand Within your holy presence If you judge wholly  All people will fear (~Psalm 64:9) When the day of judgement comes Set the heart at ease Refine my soul, LORD  So I might be called righteous And dwell in your tent

On the movie set Inside my childhood home There I found my star On the recliner By the open recliner Words of welcome mouthed So I took my seat Laid my head on your shoulder Then you tossed your hair Underneath your hair I considered hard my sins And their exposure Must we all be seen? If so, by whom, and how deep?  These thoughts fill me now  At the time, less so Just that they would be exposed In your shining light Remembered today As I felt The LORD moving Even as I smoked By the computer There were a pair of demons Lackadaisical

Silence lying tongues There are those who swear truly Listen to their cries Earnestly I seek For any and every piece Of your Holy Word  I thirst for you God  Your Love is better than life (Psalm 63:3) Let me behold you I saw you today In the eyes of passersby  And hearts of givers  Praise be to you, Lord You heard my voice calling out  And bolstered my day I could hear you, too By my side foretelling gain Precisely on point I am satisfied By your heavenly reward And earthly bounty You are my help, God  With a smile on my face I replay the day

Please support me here Truly I trust in you, LORD  Find life in my words Do not assault me For I'm barely hanging on  Can we just parley? Weigh in the balance A breath just beyond nothing My heart in your hands Palpating now For you have said "You are Gods" And I don't know how So bring rest and hope Success in my endeavors And peace to my heart You're my Salvation By any other name known Or so I would hope These days easier Anxiety of the day Left in the morning Simple agreement Felt between friends more than heard Afternoon to come