Today Is Better

Today is better, or so it seems

Because our outlook is formed from our most expectant dreams

So sometimes we allow it to cast a shadow

Over the most obvious of blessings

Today is lived at it’s most extreme

If we but follow Him where He leads

But sometimes we feel that He doesn’t know

How we struggle under His testings

So Spirit give us the strength and means

To close our eyes and see what He sees

So we know Him at least in part

And enter into His restings

            ©2004  psalmist149

Once Again I Wonder

Once again I wonder

What’s the purpose in this?

These changes aren’t what I wanted

Is this another test?

Though deep inside I know

That it must be best for me

I’m fighting against the depression

That’s trying to control me

The anxiety is building

As I dread to face tomorrow

As You lead me into the unknown

My heart is full of sorrow

Why did You have to change things

When all seemed to be just right

Why does my sunny future

Now feel as dark as night?

I know I can’t always rely on

Things being as I want

But why has the peace that passes understanding

Seemed to have departed from my heart?

I’d willingly give it all up to You

If You would make my fears be still

Knowing that it will all work out

According to Your will

            ©2004  psalmist149

It’s All In The Balance

How am I to fear You?

To celebrate this life

How can I draw near You?

In the midst of this strife

It’s not all joy and dancing

Sometimes the sorrow won’t depart

I find it’s necessary to slow down

To feel repentance in my heart

I need a flow in my life

To keep my eyes set on You

I can’t allow the ups and downs

To define the way I feel

I need a flow in my life

To stand on a solid foundation

It’s all in the balance

On the Rock of my Salvation

©2004 psalmist149

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A “spontaneous song” I wrote while doing the music for pre-service prayer for today.  It took on two different rhyming schemes because the second verse was to be a chorus but I ended up with the same tune to both so?

What A Wonderful Thing

What a wonderful thing You’ve done, 

And You’ve not withheld it from any one;

Such a priceless gift we never could afford, 

Yet You give it without cost.

How could You ever think so much of me, 

To suffer in my place on Calvary;

To pay the price for all the debt I owed,

To redeem me from the lost.

How could I ever have doubted You, 

When there is no life except in You;

How ever could I have demanded proof, 

For what is the only genuine Truth.

How did I ever deny You,  

When what I needed was to cry out to You;

To find my rest inside Your Holiest Place, 

To sit in awe and stare into Your face.

©2004 psalmist149

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When Will You Decide

Do we deny ourselves

For our personal satisfaction

Or for the sacrifice that shows

Our faith through our actions

Do we do what we do for Him

Or is it trying to score points

Are we “self” motivated

Or the people He anoints

Why do we do what we do

Is it because we really care

For the lost and hurting of the world

Or just because they’re there

When will we really lay it down

Cast all our cares aside

Allowing Him to work through us

When will you decide?

©2004 psalmist149

You're Invited!!