tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40958587390097743972024-10-08T21:52:27.448-05:00audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.comBlogger331125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-34730799339529282062016-12-31T23:17:00.000-06:002016-12-31T23:17:59.233-06:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> It was a year of changing<br /> With many a time a place and person too<br /> Twas quite a time for chasing<br /> And dreaming too<br /> <br /> To see the world as wild and free<br /> And open to what You were a bringing me<br /> All the while a singing<br /> And hoping<br /> <br /> Adventure at every corner<br /> A testing of faith<br /> Of following<br /> And finding<br /> <br /> A year of wondering<br /> When and where<br /> Praying and saying<br /> Why<br /> <br /> And now a season of waiting<br /> And waiting for what<br /> Will have to wait and see<br /> <br /> Your will<br /> A working<br /> A changing<br /> In Me<br /> <br /> Yet still<br /> It's work<br /> A painful thing<br /> A precious thing<br /> Tis sure<br /> <br /> Of trusting<br /> Your way<br /> O'er mine<br /> <br /> Divine it is<br /> And yet<br /> Hard<br /> <br /> To rest<br /> In this hope<br /> Knowing<br /> You hold the rope<br /> <br /> What shall a day<br /> A week, a month, a year<br /> Bring<br /> <br /> You alone<br /> Can only<br /> Know<br /> <br /> Yet still<br /> I remain<br /> In quiet<br /> Expectation<br /> <br /> Hoping<br /> And praying<br /> It will bring me<br /> Nearer to You<br /> <br /> -Joshua Lee Foist</div> audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-18453756993654681302016-07-04T00:18:00.000-05:002016-12-31T23:18:19.901-06:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Of absence and minded<br /> I oft have been<br /> Lost in a series<br /> Of thoughts<br /> That torrent<br /> Within<br /> <br /> And how become<br /> This game of words<br /> These silent thrills<br /> Of longing and belonging<br /> A facade chasing after<br /> Its own god<br /> <br /> Yet in all the shroud<br /> Of clouded dreams<br /> And reality<br /> Hope remained<br /> <br /> You remain<br /> Forever unchanged<br /> By the muck of this<br /> <br /> The silence awakes<br /> In me a feeling of awe<br /> And wonder<br /> <br /> Wonder of what lies beyond<br /> To know that this desire<br /> Will one day<br /> Be fulfilled<br /> Fully<br /> <br /> In you<br /> No one else<br /> Will ever do<br /> <br /> From beginning to end<br /> You fashioned and formed it<br /> To be very good<br /> <br /> And as it should<br /> For nothing made by you<br /> Would dare to be any less<br /> Nor could it<br /> <br /> Yet I a mere man<br /> Oft lost in my own self<br /> Remiss of this<br /> Paradise lost<br /> <br /> At what cost<br /> To be found again<br /> The plan and purpose<br /> Still more than<br /> Ere imagined<br /> <br /> You have made a way<br /> So whether in this life<br /> Or not to be found<br /> <br /> Your presence enough<br /> Your life to fill<br /> All the wake<br /> Of time and space<br /> <br /> You are there<br /> In the pain<br /> And doubt<br /> <br /> Into it you bring<br /> Peace that surpasses<br /> Understanding<br /> <br /> A love withstanding<br /> All things<br /> Twas this<br /> That brought<br /> Hope<br /> <br /> To a soul<br /> Slipping into<br /> The void of time<br /> Wondering if ever<br /> To return<br /> <br /> And beyond<br /> The absence of<br /> Mind and madness<br /> You have filled this wound<br /> With your heart<br /> <br /> And so make<br /> A brand new start<br /> For this thy glorious art<br /> Redemption's work<br /> In me<br /> <br /> -Joshua Lee Foist </div> audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-23436796065008342632016-05-06T01:07:00.001-05:002016-05-06T01:07:19.549-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Draw me near to the place<br /> Where once I knew<br /> Your love so true<br /> <br /> Bring me out<br /> Of the coma<br /> My mind<br /> <br /> Can oft escape<br /> I am yours<br /> Bring me back<br /> <br /> For in you<br /> Nothing<br /> I lack<br /> <br /> I was made<br /> In your image<br /> Perfect<br /> <br /> Yet still I<br /> Get lost<br /> In the lie<br /> <br /> Never enough<br /> Never satisfied<br /> Never<br /> <br /> Truth tells<br /> A different<br /> Story<br /> <br /> I am enough<br /> Made of<br /> The greatest stuff<br /> <br /> Formed in<br /> Your hand<br /> And perfectly planned<br /> <br /> So with your power<br /> And will restore<br /> My heart<br /> <br /> To the place of you<br /> Where I can taste<br /> And see<br /> <br /> That you<br /> Are good<br /> My first love<br /> <br /> My every thought<br /> Is in your hand<br /> Not a thing<br /> <br /> Outside<br /> Your will<br /> May depart<br /> <br /> For I am<br /> Apart<br /> Of<br /> <br /> Your<br /> Glorious<br /> Work of art<br /> <br /> -Joshua Lee Foist</div> audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-46799678776514825902016-04-02T13:39:00.001-05:002016-04-02T13:39:44.333-05:00When was it last<div>That I gazed upon&nbsp;</div><div>Your loveliness</div><div><br></div><div>For all my wandering&nbsp;</div><div>Heart pondering</div><div>Still you wait</div><div><br></div><div>Patiently you wait</div><div>For me to lose myself</div><div>And find you</div><div><br></div><div>For I all the while</div><div>Without a clue&nbsp;</div><div>Am lost in this</div><div><br></div><div>Remiss in the hours</div><div>Of which I have missed</div><div>Longing ever for belonging</div><div><br></div><div>Yet with you</div><div>There is nothing</div><div>For me to do</div><div><br></div><div>Thy will before</div><div>My waking breath</div><div>Was life beyond death</div><div><br></div><div>A joy unquenched</div><div>By the drought&nbsp;</div><div>Of life's disappointments</div><div><br></div><div>For here the roots go deep</div><div>In the soil of thy saving grace</div><div>To drink deep of thee</div><div><br></div><div>Tis no great gift than you</div><div>Oh to wade within</div><div>Thy quiet waters</div><div><br></div><div>To rest in thy gentle embrace</div><div>For all life's troubles&nbsp;</div><div>Are but bubbles</div><div><br></div><div>Waiting to burst&nbsp;</div><div>Upon the break</div><div>Of this wonder</div><div><br></div><div>When all awakes</div><div>To this life anew</div><div>Thy strife is lost</div><div><br></div><div>In joy becoming</div><div>The great waltz</div><div>Of mere existence&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Breaks its form</div><div>To fashion free</div><div>Upon thy glorious symphony</div><div><br></div><div>And loud and wondrous be</div><div>Thy bridal ceremony&nbsp;</div><div>For at last</div><div><br></div><div>Hath come home</div><div>To thy King</div><div>And won his hand</div><div><br></div><div>For all eternity&nbsp;</div><div>The Lord of all creation</div><div>Is mine as I am His</div><div><br></div><div>-Joshua Lee Foist</div>audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-29899666584023376892016-01-11T21:49:00.001-06:002016-01-11T21:49:43.029-06:00<div><img src="webkit-fake-url://e1f7ac09-8a63-44d0-a546-0aae7cae9215/imagepng" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The sunlit skies rise</span></div><div>On Australian seas</div><div>As ere the light</div><div>Doth beckon</div><div>The morn to break</div><div><br></div><div>Though still the tide</div><div>Of nodded eyelids wake</div><div>The sleep in dreams</div><div>That they forsake</div><div><br></div><div>For come the day</div><div>Here undisturbed&nbsp;</div><div>Twill not be doddled&nbsp;</div><div>By the twilight talk</div><div><br></div><div>For soon to dock</div><div>Down under way</div><div>And landed craft</div><div>Wheel at Sydney bay</div><div><br></div><div>Till perchance another day</div><div>When winds would whisk</div><div>The island breeze away</div><div>To farther shores</div><div><br></div><div>Where four scores&nbsp;</div><div>A week to stay&nbsp;</div><div>And then return</div><div>At Sydney bay</div><div><br></div><div>-Joshua Lee Foist</div></div>audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-84645463900471174362015-08-15T08:29:00.001-05:002015-08-15T08:29:49.449-05:00As I call to you<div>Upon the morn of day</div><div>What can express</div><div>This gracious gift</div><div><br></div><div>Of life and breath</div><div>And deliverance</div><div>From death&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Though I am oft</div><div>In contempt</div><div>And discontent</div><div><br></div><div>My will is not</div><div>Thy will I ought</div><div>To do</div><div><br></div><div>Though I have not</div><div>The means to see</div><div>Nor ears to hear</div><div>For fear grips me</div><div><br></div><div>Peace come dwell</div><div>As promised in prayer</div><div>And thanks for this</div><div>And all tis bliss</div><div><br></div><div>Thy bounty beyond&nbsp;</div><div>Imagining give me</div><div>The desire and will</div><div>You require</div><div><br></div><div>Before I retire</div><div>For all my days&nbsp;</div><div>This one thing I ask</div><div>That I may praise</div><div><br></div><div>With fullness of heart</div><div>And grace and forgiveness&nbsp;</div><div>Be part in me</div><div><br></div><div>So may thy kingdom work</div><div>And all within around</div><div>Be done</div><div><br></div><div>And humble I&nbsp;</div><div>To testify what grace</div><div>And goodness</div><div><br></div><div>You have brought</div><div>Tis not of my own</div><div>Doing</div><div><br></div><div>But sure and only</div><div>Of my God and King</div><div>Oh Ruler of everything</div><div><br></div><div>-Joshua Lee Foist</div><div><br></div>audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-28909499178024346042015-06-29T09:54:00.000-05:002015-06-29T09:54:32.026-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> In this hour I wait<br /> And my mind stands fixed<br /> In debate<br /> <br /> You patiently wait<br /> Steadfast and true<br /> You are<br /> <br /> And once more surrender<br /> You cause me to remember<br /> Your grace and mercy<br /> <br /> Tis all I ever need<br /> In the trial I feed<br /> On thy joy inexpressible<br /> <br /> My hope remains<br /> For though my desires<br /> Wane<br /> <br /> Yet still I endure<br /> The momentary pain<br /> You remain<br /> <br /> Persecution increase<br /> Your joy your peace<br /> Undending<br /> <br /> So fill me<br /> Renew me<br /> Conform me<br /> <br /> To walk in the way of truth<br /> Thy words my guide<br /> In thee will I abide<br /> <br /> So ere the storms that come<br /> So sweetly sleep<br /> Within the bowels below&nbsp; <br /> <br /> For thy peace<br /> Hath calmed the storm<br /> And called me out<br /> <br /> Upon the water<br /> To walk in faith<br /> With thee<br /> <br /> -Joshua Lee Foist</div> audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-34697754094066753282015-06-22T09:31:00.002-05:002015-06-22T09:31:42.828-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Open my eyes to thee<br /> If ere you call me<br /> Upon the sea<br /> Who meet me<br /> In my misory<br /> <br /> How can it be<br /> I who am broken<br /> Yet loved<br /> Beyond<br /> Comprehension<br /> <br /> Teach me to return<br /> For all my heart to yearn<br /> To learn and seek<br /> For thy words to speak<br /> <br /> And of Him who was sent<br /> To be the scent of Him<br /> Where ere my feet may fall<br /> To walk in step with His call<br /> <br /> To the world beyond<br /> To the present places<br /> And thy tender graces<br /> To carry me<br /> <br /> Not for me<br /> But thy will<br /> In me<br /> May it ever be<br /> <br /> To glory in you<br /> And have thy work<br /> Flow through<br /> In every breath<br /> <br /> Breathe in me<br /> Thy life that will<br /> Endure beyond<br /> The trial and strife<br /> <br /> More than ere'd distant desires<br /> So fuel the fires of my heart<br /> That they may start<br /> With you<br /> <br /> And all of you<br /> That this joy beyond<br /> May oft and only be<br /> To express thy righteousness<br /> <br /> And in my brokeness<br /> May thy light shine through<br /> So whether in drought<br /> Or in plenty<br /> <br /> May I bow<br /> In reverance<br /> And thanksgiving<br /> For all you have given<br /> Both in past and present<br /> <br /> And in hope<br /> To know you shall<br /> Remain faithful<br /> And so shall I rest<br /> <br /> This life in not toiled in vain<br /> If oft and always to rise<br /> In your Name<br /> And fall for your Name<br /> <br /> In life and in death<br /> It will all be<br /> For gain<br /> <br /> So come<br /> What ere<br /> Thy will may bring<br /> And teach my heart<br /> To sing<br /> <br /> As I ride<br /> Upon the wings<br /> Of thy reckoning<br /> <br />Till all of life<br /> Tis beckoning<br /> Come to the feast<br /> Of the Lamb<br /> <br /> -Joshua Lee Foist</div> audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-34948908925446334342015-06-15T08:48:00.000-05:002015-06-15T08:48:14.074-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Of long have been departed<br /> This heart have broken<br /> And been in a wake<br /> Of doubt and fear<br /> <br /> Yet still you are there<br /> Though death depart me<br /> And friends regard me<br /> As cold and bold I find<br /> My conflict within<br /> <br /> Thy word remains<br /> No condemnation now<br /> I fear not for thou art with me<br /> Yet grieve I the change<br /> And know this season<br /> <br /> Purposed it too<br /> Whether die today<br /> That more I may<br /> Live for you<br /> <br /> This I pray<br /> May I always<br /> Do<br /> <br /> Your love is true<br /> Betray my heart<br /> You will not<br /> <br /> Broken I am<br /> So let thy love<br /> And light shine in<br /> And through the pores<br /> Of my soul<br /> <br /> No more to live in fear<br /> But faith become more<br /> My prayer acceptance<br /> And reliance full<br /> Upon you<br /> <br /> Resting in thy promises<br /> Sure for though waver oft<br /> I in sin and shame<br /> You always reclaim<br /> My heart and know it<br /> By name<br /> <br /> How come I by<br /> Such love as this<br /> An unbridled kiss<br /> Betrayed<br /> <br /> But you always<br /> Have stayed<br /> And given all<br /> That I may know<br /> What love<br /> <br /> Was always intended<br /> To be<br /> Free and boundless<br /> Pure<br /> And sure of all<br /> Intentions<br /> <br /> So pain me<br /> To keep me<br /> Upon the narrow path<br /> That nothing else<br /> <br /> I desire but you<br /> And thy words<br /> Are true<br /> Give me oft<br /> And only<br /> Thyself<br /> <br /> And in this<br /> I shall be satistfied<br /> And content<br /> In all other things<br /> <br /> -Joshua Lee Foist</div> audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-27106084573831286762015-02-16T08:07:00.001-06:002015-02-16T08:07:58.819-06:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Content my soul to be<br /> Constantly desiring of thee<br /> Displace all the me<br /> For which I should cling<br /> <br /> And give everything<br /> To my hope and King<br /> I have no other assurance<br /> Than He<br /> <br /> For though I oft<br /> Proud and inwardly<br /> Sinking also in<br /> My sin<br /> <br /> He hath paid it<br /> He hath purified<br /> The soul beyond<br /> Control<br /> <br /> His life<br /> Become<br /> My own<br /> <br /> His heart<br /> Replaced<br /> The stone<br /> In me<br /> <br /> The Rock<br /> Upon which<br /> My new foundation<br /> Stand<br /> <br /> Cannot be shaken<br /> Amidst the drought<br /> And storms about<br /> <br /> He will not fail<br /> He shall pravail<br /> And so may I<br /> Remain<br /> <br /> In gladness<br /> In joy<br /> Acceptance<br /> Employ<br /> <br /> In me<br /> A servants<br /> Heart<br /> <br /> To see outside<br /> The world within<br /> And beyond<br /> <br /> To all the world<br /> Around<br /> The lost so<br /> Desperate<br /> <br /> To be found<br /> To give<br /> An ear<br /> <br /> To listen<br /> A prayer<br /> A pause<br /> <br /> To lean in<br /> There and not<br /> Mar the moment<br /> <br /> With my own<br /> Melodies<br /> For love<br /> In silence<br /> <br /> Does much<br /> And I desire<br /> To make much<br /> Of it<br /> <br /> If this to please<br /> My Lord alone<br /> I desire such Love<br /> For my own<br /> <br /> Oh God<br /> In my broken<br /> Estate<br /> <br /> Give me<br /> Strength to follow<br /> Faithfully<br /> <br /> Yet still<br /> When faultering<br /> As I do<br /> <br /> Most daily<br /> Yet still awake<br /> My soul to rise<br /> <br /> And look up<br /> Mine eyes<br /> To see<br /> <br /> Your glory<br /> Lies on the<br /> Wings of<br /> The dawn<br /> <br /> You have done this<br /> It is complete<br /> <br />So now grant me<br /> The faith to see<br /> That I may<br /> Also turn<br /> To Thee<br /> <br /> -Joshua Lee Foist</div> audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-64961668346987616042015-02-14T08:33:00.000-06:002015-02-14T08:33:04.316-06:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Now within this mirror we see<br /> That of which we hope to see<br /> And that of which we may<br /> Yet be<br /> <br /> Yet still amidst it's plain reflection<br /> Truth reveals a poor estate<br /> We are far worse than we think<br /> And more loved than ever<br /> We imagine<br /> <br /> Who could love us<br /> Such as this<br /> Who could rejoice<br /> Over us<br /> As this<br /> <br /> Only He<br /> The master creator<br /> He who knows us<br /> Deeper than we<br /> Ourselves<br /> <br /> And it is plain<br /> When He calls<br /> Us by name<br /> To come<br /> <br /> His words are peace<br /> And kind in their release<br /> From worry and pain<br /> <br /> All the facades<br /> Of this life to gain<br /> Are worthless<br /> <br /> To that gracious<br /> Refrain:<br /> Do not fear<br /> <br /> Oh, sweet child<br /> I am here<br /> And I love you<br /> <br /> Because you are<br /> My own<br /> And most precious<br /> <br /> No matter what ills<br /> This life may come<br /> And what pits<br /> You may befall<br /> <br /> Within and without<br /> Beyond doubt<br /> I am here<br /> <br /> I am with you<br /> And I will guide you<br /> In the course<br /> You should take<br /> <br /> Though you may at times forsake<br /> Never shall I leave you<br /> Never shall I fail you<br /> I am faithful<br /> <br /> And always I shall remain<br /> So in this day<br /> Of celebration<br /> <br /> Feast on me<br /> Who am love<br /> Itself<br /> <br /> There is no<br /> Greater than I<br /> And I do<br /> <br /> So desire<br /> For you<br /> To trust<br /> In Me<br /> <br /> -Joshua Lee Foist </div> audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-43721934250703144802015-01-16T18:02:00.001-06:002016-04-02T13:45:39.955-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Upon this fair flight</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The fight of faith</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In purpose</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Amidst the trial</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">O'ercome</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thy will</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Be done</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Now to sit</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And gaze</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Upon the wing</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And glory</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Shines as</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Setting sun</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Upon the wait</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And here rejoice</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In thy great gift</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Beyond here lies</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The wondrous&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Surprise</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And first meeting</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My heart tis beating</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Faster still</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Faster till</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Wheel turned</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Wheel runs</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Way to wind</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Away and air</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To climb</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The time</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In flight</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Delight</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Of what</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ahead</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Beyond</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Yet presently</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In thought and&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Prayer I trust</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Will meet me</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">There till then</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And still</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My every joy</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Is here</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">No fear</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What ere</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">May come</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Thy will be</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Done&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-Joshua Lee Foist</span></div><div><br></div></div></div>audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-26954521049730008992015-01-10T09:43:00.000-06:002015-01-10T09:43:43.360-06:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Wherefore my soul shall wander<br /> Where doth my mind stray to ponder<br /> Fear catch it in it's gaze<br /> And long it amaze<br /> <br /> Fly from me oh fleeting thing<br /> Save me from myself<br /> Oh from the lies<br /> That creep within<br /> <br /> And lonely in my sin<br /> They seek to do me in<br /> And poison the pure<br /> And true<br /> <br /> I long for you<br /> Though so dull<br /> I remain<br /> And without<br /> Control<br /> <br /> Thy hope<br /> Reclaim in me<br /> No more for folly<br /> So catch me<br /> In my calamity<br /> <br /> Cleanse me of myself seeking<br /> That only thy joy may fill<br /> Draw me deep within<br /> <br /> For all my desires<br /> May they be proved pure<br /> With thy cleansing fire<br /> <br /> I long for the day<br /> Of when the battle<br /> Shall cease<br /> <br /> And at last<br /> The prince of peace<br /> Shall reclaim<br /> This barren land<br /> <br /> So open my heart<br /> And reclaim in me<br /> That which is lost<br /> <br /> No matter the cost<br /> That I be lost<br /> And found<br /> In thee<br /> <br /> -Joshua Lee Foist</div> audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-61686694850540603752014-12-11T09:16:00.001-06:002014-12-11T09:16:47.114-06:00<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Beneath the shadows of my sin</span><br><div>I scarce begin to think</div><div>This all there is</div><div>That dawn should break</div><div>The spell that hells</div><div>Within my heart</div><div><br></div><div>So here I remain</div><div>And wallow in my pain&nbsp;</div><div>My pride to gain&nbsp;</div><div>That grace abstain&nbsp;</div><div>Yet sorrow aches</div><div>While thee alone</div><div>My soul forsakes</div><div><br></div><div>I've Martha'd my mind</div><div>In cycles of perfection</div><div>For all this grand baffet</div><div>Will pass away</div><div>And what becomes my joy</div><div><br></div><div>And grief my heart</div><div>When scarce it hear</div><div>The master urge me</div><div>To Mary my way</div><div>At His feet&nbsp;</div><div>That humility should</div><div>My pride defeat</div><div><br></div><div>What love Devine&nbsp;</div><div>Would have me in my scorn</div><div>While all the while am I&nbsp;</div><div>Caught up in myself&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>And judgement</div><div>Takes top shelf</div><div>Of all my bottled</div><div>Mess</div><div><br></div><div>Forgive me</div><div>Of my idle tongue&nbsp;</div><div>And thoughts</div><div>That hung thee</div><div>Upon the tree&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>I scare can gaze</div><div>Upon the cursed corpse</div><div>For know I it shouldst</div><div>Been mine</div><div><br></div><div>Did hang upon it there&nbsp;</div><div>Yet my sorrowed despair&nbsp;</div><div>Did rather take upon</div><div>Thyself&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>That I should be</div><div>Made free</div><div>Thy misery&nbsp;</div><div>A mystery to me</div><div><br></div><div>That majesty</div><div>Should stoop</div><div>To call me it's</div><div>Own</div><div><br></div><div>And in death</div><div>Should call me</div><div>Home as son</div><div>Betrothed and bride</div><div><br></div><div>Safe through&nbsp;</div><div>All eternity</div><div>To abide</div><div>By His side</div><div><br></div><div>-Joshua Lee Foist</div>audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-63522521192653908192014-11-29T11:08:00.001-06:002014-11-29T11:08:42.622-06:00Break me of me<div>And my oh so fond</div><div>Obsession</div><div><br></div><div>For all I do</div><div>In this my</div><div>Confession</div><div><br></div><div>Make my desires</div><div>Be to thy glorious&nbsp;</div><div>Affections</div><div><br></div><div>Who looks long</div><div>With eyes of love</div><div>Upon my imperfections&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Pursuing me</div><div>When I am full</div><div>Of discontent&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Carry me</div><div>And fill me</div><div>For I am undone</div><div><br></div><div>Void of desires&nbsp;</div><div>Ere are passing</div><div>In thy presence</div><div><br></div><div>Erelasting the days</div><div>May be with hands</div><div>Raised to thee</div><div><br></div><div>My heart restore&nbsp;</div><div>Anew emplore</div><div>That thy life&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>May fill my veins&nbsp;</div><div>Pure thy joy&nbsp;</div><div>Restore&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Prepare my mind</div><div>And fixed be</div><div>On thee&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Repent and ere</div><div>Relent my will</div><div>Thy will be done</div><div><br></div><div>In me my heart</div><div>Now fill the more&nbsp;</div><div>To ponder</div><div><br></div><div>And adore</div><div>No more of me</div><div>Thy ways</div><div><br></div><div>For all that life</div><div>Shall give</div><div>Tis a gift</div><div><br></div><div>And oh to joy&nbsp;</div><div>This heart of mine</div><div>Employ divine</div><div><br></div><div>Thy light to shine&nbsp;</div><div>Stain the dark</div><div>With thy lark of love</div><div><br></div><div>And spark a flame</div><div>In me that in</div><div>The darkest shadows</div><div><br></div><div>Bright the broken</div><div>Hearted night</div><div>That once more</div><div><br></div><div>Dawn again&nbsp;</div><div>And conquer sin</div><div>And death shall be</div><div>No more</div><div><br></div><div>-Joshua Lee Foist</div><div><br></div>audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-4475571883142601262014-11-24T20:11:00.001-06:002014-11-24T20:11:26.271-06:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> May not my status lie<br /> In what others think<br /> Save in thy own<br /> Great pleasure<br /> <br /> May I ere<br /> To treasure thee<br /> More as thou<br /> Dost me<br /> <br /> For where<br /> I may flee<br /> No where else<br /> Can I<br /> <br /> That you<br /> Are not<br /> Nor death<br /> To save<br /> <br /> For thy life<br /> Already<br /> Gave<br /> <br /> And here<br /> Is love<br /> The kind<br /> I all too oft<br /> Fear<br /> <br /> To give<br /> To live<br /> In such<br /> A way<br /> <br /> Each and every<br /> Day thou grants<br /> So fond of<br /> Acknowledgement<br /> <br /> My life is hidden<br /> With thee<br /> And it need be<br /> No mystery<br /> <br /> So may my waking<br /> And dying breath<br /> Ever be<br /> <br /> Oft and only<br /> For thee<br /> No matter<br /> What trial<br /> <br /> Or joy may be<br /> Thou art<br /> The only life<br /> I know<br /> <br /> That will never<br /> Cease to bring<br /> Me sweet<br /> And fullest<br /> <br /> Peace<br /> To fill<br /> My doubting<br /> Mind<br /> <br /> Hope beyond<br /> All mankind<br /> Thou art<br /> And more<br /> <br /> -Joshua Lee Foist</div> audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-87301243288562995172014-10-26T08:18:00.001-05:002014-10-26T08:18:50.133-05:00As shadows descend<div>Forgiveness amend</div><div>My heart that resentment&nbsp;</div><div>Hath sought and love</div><div>I've forgot</div><div><br></div><div>I've wronged and been wronged</div><div>Yet where is my acceptance&nbsp;</div><div>Where has my desire</div><div>Acquired a taste for bitterness&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>I long for the sweet refreshment of truth</div><div>To rest in it's comfort, surity, and proof&nbsp;</div><div>Yet what must I lose for all this regain</div><div>Release from me this bondage of blame</div><div><br></div><div>Name in me that which I will not</div><div>Remove the cords which bind me</div><div>And free me of myself</div><div>Death I become that I may live&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Not for myself&nbsp;</div><div>But thy love transfused</div><div>Deep in my veins</div><div>Hope here remains</div><div><br></div><div>While faith be my shield</div><div>To thee alone must I yield</div><div>And repent of my ways</div><div>No matter the cost</div><div><br></div><div>Your love alone is priceless&nbsp;</div><div>And no other hope have I</div><div>Than this</div><div><br></div><div>So break me of my idle mind</div><div>Sever me from my idol kind</div><div>That I may seek thee alone</div><div>And love and forgive</div><div><br></div><div>As thy breath doth give&nbsp;</div><div>My life is thine</div><div>And none other will do</div><div>So grant me a grace</div><div><br></div><div>To others love too</div><div>Seeking in kindness</div><div>Humility and peace</div><div>These wrongs I release&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Forgiveness always</div><div>To reconcile the wrong</div><div>And joy be our song</div><div>Renewed we in love</div><div><br></div><div>As you have restored&nbsp;</div><div>So may we live on</div><div>Our lives be a story</div><div>Of your forgiveness&nbsp;</div><div>And grace</div><div><br></div><div>-Joshua Lee Foist</div>audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-84203376254007951302014-09-27T09:32:00.000-05:002014-09-27T09:32:56.324-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> As to return<br /> I once more<br /> To this place<br /> <br /> Wherefore all<br /> My wandering<br /> Seems a disgrace<br /> <br /> Yet still<br /> Embrace I<br /> All that you<br /> <br /> Have brought<br /> Me through<br /> What love<br /> <br /> Is this<br /> That steals<br /> This kiss<br /> <br /> Remiss<br /> And sacrifice<br /> All for me<br /> <br /> So change in me<br /> And humble be<br /> My heart<br /> <br /> For that which<br /> Is hard pressed<br /> Upon me<br /> <br /> Bring me<br /> To thy side<br /> Always in thee<br /> <br /> May I abide<br /> And fear be<br /> Fleeting<br /> <br /> That all my<br /> Hope repeating<br /> My heart<br /> <br /> Still beating<br /> You in grief<br /> In sorrow<br /> <br /> Today<br /> Tomorrow<br /> No other<br /> <br /> Shall I borrow<br /> For thy grace<br /> Enough<br /> <br /> So now<br /> Love within<br /> Defend<br /> <br /> And depend<br /> I all on thee<br /> And courage<br /> <br /> Come<br /> That I may<br /> In thee<br /> <br /> Be one<br /> In mind<br /> And spirit<br /> <br /> And share<br /> This love<br /> That you<br /> <br /> Alone<br /> Have brought<br /> In me<br /> <br /> So now<br /> We change<br /> Though once<br /> <br /> A child<br /> Was I<br /> Now I<br /> <br /> A man<br /> And mirror<br /> Within mirror<br /> <br /> Shade within shade<br /> This hope that will not<br /> Fade in passing<br /> <br /> Reminds of where<br /> We begin<br /> And where we<br /> <br /> Shall one day be<br /> Face to face<br /> And fully<br /> <br /> Know<br /> As we are<br /> Known<br /> <br /> -Joshua Lee Foist</div> audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-51934389674895566492014-09-13T09:38:00.002-05:002014-09-13T09:38:24.792-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Reminiscing as I do<br /> Upon the morning scene<br /> Reflecting on the things<br /> That had been<br /> <br /> And that which may yet be<br /> For in my naivety<br /> How oft I thought of my will<br /> Than thine alone<br /> <br /> So as to that which lies<br /> Yet ahead<br /> So guide me<br /> In thy grace<br /> <br /> To seek thy face<br /> In all things<br /> Thy faith secure<br /> Shall guide me<br /> <br /> For all my desires<br /> Become thy own<br /> Thy divine power<br /> Shower over me<br /> <br /> And lead me<br /> In thy pathes<br /> Of righteousness<br /> Till that day<br /> <br /> When all shall<br /> Be made new<br /> And at last<br /> I shall be<br /> With you<br /> <br /> -Joshua Lee Foist <br /> <br /> <br /></div> audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-17476197519874727032014-08-23T09:47:00.000-05:002014-08-23T09:47:28.122-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Surrendering all to that which shall never fade<br /> For all my hope is stayed upon Him<br /> And all fleeting fantasies<br /> Find their fancies no more<br /> <br /> For all that I do adore<br /> May it lie with thee<br /> And thee alone<br /> Evermore<br /> <br /> This much is sure<br /> None other<br /> Shall I seek<br /> Though I am weak<br /> <br /> Thy joy untamed<br /> My hope beyond lies<br /> In you who know me<br /> Full well<br /> <br /> Strip me of my idolatry<br /> For acceptance<br /> May it only be in you<br /> Who remain true<br /> <br /> For all as I<br /> Are but fallen<br /> And broken<br /> <br /> Thy love alone<br /> Be my living hope<br /> This joy I know<br /> Shall not fade<br /> <br /> But increasing<br /> All the more<br /> As I reach<br /> The other shore<br /> <br /> Where thy<br /> Celestial lands<br /> Begin and sorrows<br /> Are at their end<br /> <br /> For here come<br /> My savior friend<br /> Brother and king<br /> <br /> The hope of everything<br /> For which my soul<br /> Doth sing<br /> Tis here<br /> <br /> -Joshua Lee Foist</div> audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-62193248160530908392014-08-15T21:41:00.001-05:002014-08-15T21:41:53.743-05:00How do I let you go<div>When you're everywhere</div><div>I go</div><div><br></div><div>I try to forget you</div><div>But all the more I miss you</div><div>It haunts me inside</div><div><br></div><div>God forgive me</div><div>If my motives are wrong</div><div>Guide me to your truth</div><div><br></div><div>In you alone I long</div><div>Yet here in my heart</div><div>I do not know</div><div><br></div><div>How to let go</div><div>Where to begin</div><div>Or start over</div><div><br></div><div>Where do you go</div><div>When it seems</div><div>There's nowhere</div><div>To go</div><div><br></div><div>Where do you hide</div><div>For you alone</div><div>Inside</div><div><br></div><div>Know me for who&nbsp;</div><div>I am the good the bad</div><div>It all</div><div><br></div><div>And love me</div><div>In my brokenness&nbsp;</div><div>And repetitious lies</div><div><br></div><div>Oh open my eyes</div><div>May your truth</div><div>Be my guide</div><div><br></div><div>Nothing else</div><div>To confide&nbsp;</div><div>Always by</div><div>Yourside</div><div><br></div><div>What ere the doubt</div><div>May come</div><div>Cannot o'ercome</div><div>Your love&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>So catch me</div><div>In my guise of woe</div><div>And bring me to</div><div>Your heart</div><div><br></div><div>Nothing I have</div><div>Tis gain but only</div><div>In your name alone</div><div><br></div><div>All others are</div><div>Counterfeit</div><div>And I will none</div><div>Of it</div><div><br></div><div>-Joshua Lee Foist</div>audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-18941636498739655312014-07-28T09:59:00.000-05:002014-07-28T09:59:25.250-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Bring me to thy light<br /> And all for which<br /> I do delight<br /> <br /> Cast me from this shadow<br /> Of sin and obsession<br /> For my false profession<br /> <br /> May faith find me<br /> Renewed by thy<br /> Unchanging presence<br /> <br /> For all I have<br /> Oft upheld<br /> As my own<br /> <br /> I do so surrender<br /> To thy throne<br /> And claim thee<br /> <br /> As my own<br /> For my price<br /> Hath paid<br /> <br /> My life tis saved<br /> And this not of myself<br /> Thy death and life<br /> <br /> Have proved<br /> Thy love<br /> Unmoved<br /> <br /> From me<br /> The least of these<br /> And greatest of failures<br /> <br /> Forgiven<br /> For all my<br /> Waywardness<br /> <br /> So create in me<br /> A new self<br /> Surrender<br /> <br /> All of once I knew<br /> That I may oft<br /> And only<br /> <br /> Desire you<br /> And you<br /> Above all others<br /> <br /> For whether<br /> Any other<br /> This life may find<br /> <br /> Thy love alone<br /> Divine<br /> No other can give<br /> <br /> So by thy power<br /> And truth<br /> May I live<br /> <br /> Free of all other<br /> Oppression<br /> Thee alone<br /> <br /> My one<br /> And great<br /> Profession<br /> <br /> -Joshua Lee Foist</div> audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-64270405982772794862014-07-17T09:12:00.000-05:002014-07-28T10:01:26.620-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Once more to wade and wander<br /> Upon the uncharted sea<br /> Of my own melancholy<br /> Exposed for what it<br /> Dare could be<br /> <br /> Oh hope<br /> That trials<br /> Within me<br /> And doubt<br /> Disdain<br /> <br /> Would have me<br /> In its vain conceit<br /> I bear thee no more<br /> For though the light<br /> Through that open door<br /> <br /> Tis a thing most glorious<br /> And which I do so much abhor<br /> Tis more of guilt than guile<br /> For while I here gaze<br /> <br /> My inward soul doth praise<br /> At last to see the light of rest<br /> And endless days<br /> To know the truth<br /> And always<br /> <br /> For too long<br /> Have I sung<br /> This tiresome<br /> Song<br /> <br /> Dependent I<br /> On all others<br /> Whether sisters<br /> Or brothers<br /> <br /> Save not on that which<br /> Is most safe and true<br /> The only one I do<br /> So much depend<br /> <br /> Ah so then<br /> To crucify<br /> My old obsessions<br /> And have thee<br /> At thy word<br /> <br /> So teach me this<br /> That I myself deny<br /> And trust thee alone<br /> <br /> Fill my faith<br /> And grow within<br /> Let not doubt<br /> Weed its way in<br /> <br /> So as I<br /> Depart<br /> And cast<br /> Away<br /> <br /> May my only gaze<br /> Be upon you<br /> All days<br /> <br /> For I have no other hope<br /> Then thou alone<br /> Who cannot fail<br /> So in thy truth<br /> <br /> May I only sail<br /> The shores of that<br /> Isle of salvation<br /> My one and only<br /> Destination<br /> <br /> -Joshua Lee Foist</div> audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-51480842486017057082014-07-15T21:53:00.001-05:002014-07-15T21:53:44.512-05:00For where do I place my affections<div>Remind me of my obsessions</div><div>I am all confessions</div><div>But what of thee</div><div><br></div><div>Thou art unchanging</div><div>My heart is broken</div><div>It bleeds a little at a time</div><div>Yet you alone know&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>More than I could ere believe</div><div>Thou hast gone farther still</div><div>Thy love tis more than this</div><div>Forgive me of my Judis kiss</div><div><br></div><div>I must move on</div><div>I must surrender</div><div>Dare I remember</div><div>And live in memory</div><div><br></div><div>Alone I am not</div><div>Though all too oft</div><div>I can myself deceive&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In thee alone may I</div><div>Believe fill the void&nbsp;</div><div>I do avoid to admit&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Thy love alone enough</div><div>Let me not forget&nbsp;</div><div>This hope I have remains</div><div><br></div><div>Yet drive me from&nbsp;</div><div>This fit if it is not</div><div>Within your plan</div><div><br></div><div>My heart is in your hand</div><div>And though I may not</div><div>Understand I must believe</div><div><br></div><div>Thy ways are true</div><div>Thou and thou alone</div><div>Wilt do and no one</div><div>Ere beside</div><div><br></div><div>-Joshua Lee Foist</div>audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095858739009774397.post-5286465171393588192014-07-05T11:13:00.000-05:002014-07-05T11:13:07.883-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> What now for love and comfort<br /> Thou has found me<br /> Content in my own<br /> Desires<br /> <br /> What for oh love<br /> Tis not thee I seek<br /> But my own self<br /> To be satisfied<br /> <br /> And thee objectified<br /> Tis but folly<br /> And facade<br /> A demigod<br /> <br /> Of my own creation<br /> My approximation<br /> Of thy authentic kind<br /> Yet where oh love<br /> <br /> Can one find<br /> Such a love<br /> Unselfish<br /> As thee<br /> <br /> Oh love<br /> For all my<br /> Complacency<br /> Love why<br /> <br /> Do thou remain<br /> Unchanged<br /> So faithful<br /> When all I know<br /> <br /> Tis folly<br /> Of my own<br /> Choosing<br /> And all<br /> <br /> Confusing<br /> Succumb to my own<br /> Deceit oh love<br /> Break me of this<br /> <br /> For thy tender kiss<br /> I dare reminisce<br /> Save even this<br /> Tis loneliness<br /> <br /> To give without<br /> Expectation<br /> Thou hast<br /> No reservation<br /> <br /> Oh love<br /> Show me how<br /> To love as thee<br /> For I am all<br /> <br /> Complacency<br /> To love for love's sake<br /> And not my own<br /> So love<br /> <br /> Be in me<br /> As thou<br /> Has taught<br /> And catch me<br /> <br /> In thy gaze<br /> And hold me fast<br /> For only this love<br /> Will surely last<br /> <br /> So keep me<br /> From all<br /> Foolish<br /> Ventures<br /> <br /> And humble me<br /> That I unselfishly<br /> May so love<br /> The least of these<br /> <br /> As thou so graciously<br /> Hath loved me<br /> For who I am<br /> And not as I should be<br /> <br /> -Joshua Lee Foist</div> audaciousleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183655580728010938noreply@blogger.com0