Category: devotional

Grace upon Grace:
My Lord, you have redeemed me
You saved my soul
From Every kind of death

Grace upon Grace:
Lord, what can I give you
In exchange for a soul?
You’ve paid the price
I’ll give you mine.

There is a place
Beyond the edge of morning
Where words mean more
Than ordinary things
There’s the place
Where tomorrow has no meaning
And I can go
To dream and dream and dream

A place beyond my worries
Where I don’t have to care
A place beyond mere happiness
A place beyond mere fear
A place where I can listen
To my own heart beating
And know that someone else
Is very near

There is no one who is beautiful enough
To fit the needs of someone
Who has looked too long at You.
Why do I keep looking out for love
When I know that there is no one
Who’s as wonderful as You?

Lord, bind my heart in brokenness
Stir me on to peace
Wrap me up in linen, that I may
Resign myself to living
Here with You forever
Loving no one else but You

I have given myself over
To the mercy of your hand
If you have seen the way that Love has gone
Lead me to that Rock that’s Higher

That I too may be poured out
as a drink offering to You
Fresh blood mixed with the water of my tears
I am broken… for love
I am living… for You
You are what I’m living for, my Love

Keep my wandring heart from looking
To the left or to the right
Wrap my heart in brokenness that I may
See my love tonight
You are . . . what I . . . long for
Every . . . time I . . . close my . . . eyes

Keep me patient as I wait for you, my love

I was born for the sake of running
That my footbeats would fall to the sound of Your rhythm
I was born for the sake of breathing
That I could send Your wind
I was born for the sake of living

That my crystal heart could shine
With the candle that You set burning
That every heartbeat would pulsate
With living fire

The glory of God has come
I was born for this

The lines have fallen
In pleasant places
My path has drawn up
Right again

Praise the Lord, for He is faithful
His mercy endures forever
He draws our pathways
From the foundation of the earth
And though we stray and tarry
He draws us right again

building burdens on our own backs
we groan under distressing weight
till someone comes and takes it from us
we do not know where we have been

Sitting dismayed at the sacrifice
required to enter in
We weep when we do not realize
Someone’s already been

What I must give up
Is what is not good for me
What I must at all costs carry
is the gold I do not recognize

Nothing strains like the burden
of a backward vision
My life would be joy for me
if I could get my world turned right

God grant me grace
to see my own sinning
my problem is not my pain
but my misapprehension

*The whole earth is filled
With the Glory of God*
-Is 6:3

You do not protect me
From the pain of my life’s troubles
You lead me in the way of danger
That I may cling to You

I cling to You relentlessly
Like a weaned child to its mother
Not pulling, sucking, striving . . .
I am at peace

You are my Peace
When there is every sign of danger
You are my Satisfaction
When Wanting comes my way

I trust in You
My Shepherd-Friend