The Lost Boy

Lamentations 3:21 - 27

2010-11-14T16:30:00.000-08:00

Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:

22 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.

23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.

24 I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him."

25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;

26 it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the LORD.

27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke
while he is young.

Couldn't Sleep Again

2010-11-08T18:39:00.000-08:00

Is there a brighter fire?
Guided by flickering lights
Walking on a slippery slope

Is there a clearer day?
Fighting on towards a prize
Holding on to only hope

Contributions

2010-11-01T18:05:00.000-07:00

Tired hands
Massaging glycerine
Make life sweet

Let's Make This Last (Piano)

2010-10-31T04:54:00.000-07:00

Saw this among my old videos. It's the original version of a song I wrote and played for my brother's wedding entitled Let's Make Our Last.

Lyrics:

I.
I'm recounting
How it all began
One smile,
One okay,
One laugh,
Another day
Another everything with you
Another everything with you

Chorus 1.
I was hoping
Somehow knowing
It was you
I was soaring
Completely falling
Fast for you

Still many things unplanned
But come take my hand
The future's vast
Let's make our love last

II.
Has it sunk yet?
Has it sunk at all?
The thought,
Of you,
Of us,
Us two
We've found the best thing that there is
We've found the best thing that there is

Chorus 2.
I was wondering
Was I dreaming
But it's true
Life's unfolding
I'll be growing
Old with you

Still many things unplanned
But come take my hand
The future's vast
Let's make our love last

Bridge:
I
Neve thought
I needed someone
Was fine on my own

'Til you
Came along
And proved me
So wrong

Now I'm captured
Enraptured
Captured
Enraptured
Captured since you answered

Halloween Thoughts

2010-10-29T22:40:00.001-07:00

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
- 1 John 4:18

With Empty Hands

2010-10-29T18:58:00.000-07:00

The things of impatience
The things of my pride
The heavy expectations
The thorns on my side
I let go
With empty hands
I hold on to you

The things I can't say
The things I can't show
Things I want to forget
Things I'd rather not know
I let go
With empty hands
I hold on to you

What I Want

2010-10-29T02:47:00.000-07:00

Not a mansion in heaven
Not a castle in the sky
Not a mountain top experience
Not my name in stone
Not the respect of men
Not the applause of crowds
Not barns overflowing
Not vans with new wine
Just Your love
Someday her love
In my home
In my heart
As the light
Of my life

Disappearing Dream

2010-10-26T16:54:00.000-07:00

Waking
A mirage
Disappears

Reminding Myself

2010-10-26T08:40:00.000-07:00

My Father, my strength
I'm helpless and weak

My savior, redeemer
I'm stuck again

My faith, my hope
I'm full of doubt

My promise, my portion
I have nothing left

But there is no dream that's too great for you,
No emptiness too deep

There is no struggle you can't win,
No enemy you can't defeat

And there is no storm you can't calm,
No evening too dark for your light

Isaiah 64:8 - 9

2010-10-20T14:52:00.000-07:00

Yet, O LORD, you are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand.

Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD;
do not remember our sins forever.
Oh, look upon us, we pray,
for we are all your people.

Isaiah 59:1

2010-10-19T20:23:00.001-07:00

Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.

Isaiah 41:8

2010-10-12T18:55:00.001-07:00

"But you, O Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
you descendants of Abraham my friend,

I took you from the ends of the earth,
from its farthest corners I called you.
I said, 'You are my servant';
I have chosen you and have not rejected you.

So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

"All who rage against you
will surely be ashamed and disgraced;
those who oppose you
will be as nothing and perish.

Though you search for your enemies,
you will not find them.
Those who wage war against you
will be as nothing at all.

For I am the LORD, your God,
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help you.

Do not be afraid, O worm Jacob,
O little Israel,
for I myself will help you," declares the LORD,
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

"See, I will make you into a threshing sledge,
new and sharp, with many teeth.
You will thresh the mountains and crush them,
and reduce the hills to chaff.

You will winnow them, the wind will pick them up,
and a gale will blow them away.
But you will rejoice in the LORD
and glory in the Holy One of Israel.

"The poor and needy search for water,
but there is none;
their tongues are parched with thirst.
But I the LORD will answer them;
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

I will make rivers flow on barren heights,
and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert into pools of water,
and the parched ground into springs.

I will put in the desert
the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive.
I will set pines in the wasteland,
the fir and the cypress together,

so that people may see and know,
may consider and understand,
that the hand of the LORD has done this,
that the Holy One of Israel has created it.

Holding On

2010-10-12T08:34:00.000-07:00

Our prayers reach heaven
Every wish, every hope
Every call, every cry

Faith believes
He sees, He hears
He feels, He cares

Faith trusts
He answers in silence
He moves in stillness

Our prayers return
In each sunrise, in grace
In each day's end, and rest

Isaiah 37:20

2010-10-11T07:42:00.001-07:00

Now, O LORD our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all kingdoms on earth may know that you alone, O LORD, are God.

Mark 9:23

2010-10-07T08:03:00.000-07:00

"'If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes."

The Sound of Tears

2010-10-04T09:34:00.000-07:00

List'ning to your crying
My words are a puddle
Evap'rating til dry

October 4, 2010

2010-10-03T16:45:00.000-07:00

Crumpled bed
Impressed
On one side

City Escape

2010-10-01T03:20:00.001-07:00

Mosquitoes nip on my legs, but let them feast on our entwined limbs. The scrapes on my knees sting, throbbing like our beating hearts. Security patrols the grounds, envying us, for our moment, with hopes burning brighter than the stars. Inevitabilities may haunt us, but close your sad eyes and calm your anxious heart. My love for you stays, even when I'm not around, to be your open field in a cruel city, your starry night in dark times. So you won't forget, which I fear someday you will, let me remind you with a kiss.

Never Say Never

2010-09-29T01:30:00.001-07:00

Sometimes the world seems like an impossible place to realize the dreams and imaginations of our hearts and minds, but never say never. Never say you’ll never make it, because you don’t know what breakthrough is waiting for you. Never say you’ll never be successful; you don’t know what great thing has been prepared for you to achieve. Just because no one can see it, doesn’t mean you can’t do it. Just because you don’t know, doesn’t mean you won’t discover. And just because you never have, doesn’t mean you never will.

Psalm 127:2

2010-09-28T08:09:00.001-07:00

In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat--for he grants sleep to those he loves.

Outer Space

2010-09-28T07:52:00.000-07:00

Galaxies and cosmos
Play on my ceiling
Gas and color come alive

Don't understand
How planets collide
Once massive, now pieces

Can't understand
How bright stars die
Once radiant, now blackholes

New sparks ignite
New masses combine
Only for a moment, only for a time

An Infinite Number of Lives

2010-09-27T07:20:00.001-07:00

“There’s been an infinite variety of lives. Who’s to say his was any less worth living than all the others?”

There are an infinite number of lives. Yours, mine, lives of those who have gone before us, and lives waiting to begin, all different, all unique, all priceless, and all worth living just the same.

Psalm 139

2010-09-26T20:57:00.000-07:00

O LORD, you have searched me
and you know me.

You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.

You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.

Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD.

You hem me in—behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.

Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?

If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,

even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.

If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,"

even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.

For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.

My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.

How precious to [b] me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,
I am still with you.

If only you would slay the wicked, O God!
Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.

Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD,
and abhor those who rise up against you?

I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.

Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.

See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.

Song of Solomon 2:10-13

2010-09-22T16:55:00.000-07:00

My lover spoke and said to me,
"Arise, my darling,
my beautiful one, and come with me.

See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.

Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.

The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me."

Ecclesiastes 12:1

2010-09-21T17:15:00.000-07:00

Remember your Creator
in the days of your youth,
before the days of trouble come
and the years approach when you will say,
"I find no pleasure in them"