Friday, May 16, 2014

Look

Look not on yourself and pity
Look at the flowers, they're pretty
Look not at your woes and sighs
Look on the mountains - a wondrous sight

Look not at those sunken eyes
Look at a baby's refreshing smile
Look not at the brokenness inside
But on the true peace that resides

Look not into your life that's bleak
Look at the stars, the light, they speak
Look not at the night that's seemingly endless
Look at your life that's blessed, regardless

Look at the true story of your life
Not at the lies that steal that smile
Look at the hope above the strife
Look around at the blessings that arise

Look at the joys that come uncalled for
Despite the lions of your life that roar
Look at the Lord that's always been there
Not on this world that'll soon be nowhere

Look.

'Coz only when the eyes that open
Are those that free one's heart that's broken
Only then can one truly see
The purest Love and how it can be

Thursday, May 1, 2014

A Tear for my Father's Sake


As sin beckons, I agree
A sweet promise unto me
For a moment I try to hold still
Yet still succumb to temporary glee.

But when the acts are done and I lie awake,
With all sins done, my heart can't take
And a tear escapes before I can bade
A tear for me and my Father's sake.

I know I'm not alone in the feeling of failing our Lord and Father over and over again. Yet for everything I've done and will do, I know the love of God saves. Always.