POEMS FROM THE HEART

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

COME INTO OUR MIDST

COME INTO OUR MIDST DEAR LORD THERE ARE THOSE HERE TONIGHT WHO NEED TO KNOW YOUR LOVE SO TRUE THEY WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR LOST LET THEM LEAVE PRAISING YOU THERE ARE THOSE HERE THAT ARE TROUBLED AND DON'T KNOW WHAT REAL PEACE IS OH, DEAR LORD WE PRAY THAT YOU'LL COME INTO OUT MIDST DEAR LORD COME INTO OUR MIDST AND LET YOUR SPIRIT HAVE IT'S WAY SAVE SOME LOST SOUL DEAR LORD THIS WE PRAY LET US LIFT OUR VOICES IN PRAISE FOR DEAR LORD WE KNOW THIS WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED THERE YOU'LL BE IN... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

I JUST WANT TO BE READY LIKE LIGHTNING ACROSS THE SKY SO WILL HIS COMING BE NO MAN KNOWS THE HOUR OR DAY I JUST WANT TO BE READY IF YOU HEARD THE NEWS TODAY YOU KNOW IT CAN'T BE LONG I JUST WANT TO BE READY WHEN HE COMES TO TAKE ME HOME MANY HEARTS WILL WAX COLD FALSE PROPHETS SHALL RISE UP EARTHQUAKES IN DIVERS PLACES THINGS THAT DANIEL SPOKE OF THE GOSPEL PREACHED IN ALL THE WORLD THEN THE END SHALL COME I JUST WANT TO BE READY WHEN HE COMES TO TAKE ME HOME HOW LONG COULD IT BE TILL THE LORD... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, December 8, 2008

AT SUNDOWN I'LL SEE YOU

AT SUNDOWN I'LL SEE YOU AT SUNRISE MY MOTHER HELD ME IN HER ARMS SHE LOVED ME SO MUCH SHE SHELTERED ME FROM HARM IN THE EARLY MORNING SHE WATCHED ME GROW THEN AT NOON TIME SHE KNEW IT WAS TIME TO LET ME GO IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON SHE CALLED TO SAY HELLO HOW ARE YOU DOING WAS ALL SHE WANTED TO KNOW THEN IN THE EVENING SHE WAS GONE AND THEY LAID HER IN THE GROUND BUT MOTHER I WILL SEE YOU I'LL SEE YOU AT SUNDOWN AT SUNDOWN I WILL SEE YOU I'LL BE COMING HOME I KNOW I WILL SEE YOU AROUND GOD'S THRONE... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

WITHOUT A WORD SPOKEN

WITHOUT A WORD SPOKEN SOMETIMES A BURDEN GETS SO HEAVY I JUST CAN'T BEAR IT ANYMORE SOMETIMES IT WEIGHS ME DOWN TILL I'M KNEELING ON THE FLOOR I SEARCH FOR WORDS TO SAY BUT NONE CAN BE FOUND AS THE TEARS TUMBLE FROM MY EYES MY GOD SAYS LAY THEM DOWN I WILL LAY DOWN MY BURDENS I WILL LAY THEM AT HIS FEET I WILL CAST ON HIM ALL MY CARES FOR I KNOW HE CARES FOR ME WITHOUT A WORD SPOKEN HE KNOWS JUST WHAT I NEED WHEN THE TEARS START FLOWING MY GOD HE COMFORTS ME WHEN MY TEARS FALL SO SWEETLY AS I... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, December 6, 2008

COULD STREETS OF GOLD BE SO HARD

COULD STREETS OF GOLD BE SO HARD WHY WOULD YOU FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT HEAVEN IS REAL WHY WOULD YOU EVER DOUBT WHAT OUR FATHER CAN BUILD HE MADE THE TREES AND FLOWERS AND HE HUNG THE MOON AND STARS AFTER ALL THE WORK HE HAS DONE COULD STREETS OF GOLD BE SO HARD COULD STREETS OF GOLD BE SO HARD FOR THE ONE WHO MADE THE ROSE SHOULD WALLS OF JASPER PRESENT A PROBLEM FOR THE ONE WHO MAKES THE GRASS TO GROW WOULD GATES OF PEARL BE SUCH A BIG DEAL FOR THE ONE WHO MADE OUR HEARTS FOR THE ONE WHO... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 5, 2008

HE HAS NOW CAPTURED MY HEART

HE HAS NOW CAPTURED MY HEART THE WOMAN AT THE WELL THAT DAY HAD COME BUT FOR TO GET A DRINK LITTLE DID SHE KNOW WHO SHE'D MEET THAT DAY OR WHAT THIS MAN WOULD HAVE TO SAY HE TOLD HER SHE'D NEVER THIRST AGAIN HE TOLD HER ALL SHE EVER DID HE HAD NOW CAPTURED HER HEART NOW SHE HAD TO CAPTURE HIS HE HAD NOW CAPTURED HER HEART NOW SHE HAD TO CAPTURE HIS HE GAVE HER LIVING WATER TO DRINK AND SAID THOSE WORDS, I FORGIVE NOW SHE HAD TO TELL THE WORLD ALL THE THINGS THIS MAN HAD DID HE HAD NOW CAPTURED... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

MY TEARS WILL NEVER TOUCH THE STREETS OF GOLD

MY TEARS WILL NEVER TOUCH THE STREETS OF GOLD MY TEARS HAVE FALLEN UPON THE GROUND AS THEY'VE TUMBLED DOWN MY FACE MANY TIMES THEY'VE SOAKED MY PILLOW MANY NIGHTS THEY'VE KEPT ME AWAKE MY TEARS HAVE TOUCHED MY MOTHER'S CHEEK MORE TIMES THAN CAN BE TOLD YES MY TEARS HAVE TOUCHED SO MANY THINGS BUT THEY WILL NEVER TOUCH THE STREETS OF GOLD NO THEY'LL NEVER TOUCH THE STREETS OF GOLD THEY'LL NEVER FALL ON THE CRYSTAL SEA THEY'LL NEVER DIM MY EYES ANYMORE IN HEAVEN THEY'LL NEVER BE SEEN NO TEARS AND... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

I'VE NEVER SEEN

I'VE NEVER SEEN I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE QUITE LIKE HIM NO NOT IN ALL MY LIFE HE LOVES ME IN SPITE OF WHO I AM HE DIED TO GIVE ME LIFE I'VE NEVER HAD TO TRY TO WALK ALONE HE'S ALWAYS BY MY SIDE I'VE NEVER HAD TO MAKE IT ON MY OWN I WOULDN'T WANT TO EVEN TRY I'VE NEVER SEEN A VALLEY THAT WAS SO DEEP THAT HE COULD NOT REACH I' VE NEVER SEEN A HEART THAT WAS SO DARK THAT HE COULD NOT CLEAN I'VE NEVER SEEN A SOUL THAT WAS SO LOST THAT HE COULD NOT SAVE I'VE NEVER KNOWN A GIFT QUITE LIKE THIS OH WHAT A... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

YOU HAD MERCY ON ME

YOU HAD MERCY ON ME LORD HOW SAD YOU MUST HAVE BEEN WHEN YOU LOOKED DOWN ON ME HOW YOUR HEART MUST HAVE BROKEN WHEN YOU SEEN WHAT I HAD SEEN HOW YOU MUST HAVE HELD YOUR BREATH AS I STUMBLED AROUND IN THE DARK HOW YOU MUST HAVE PRAYED THAT I WOULD LET YOU INTO MY HEART THOUGH I WAS SO LOST YOU PRAYED TO THE FATHER IN MY BEHALF YOU ASKED HIM TO SAVE ME AND TO SPARE ME HIS WRATH YOU ASKED HIM TO MEET ME AS YOU BROUGHT ME TO MY KNEES YOU LOVED ME THAT MUCH YOU HAD MERCY ON ME YOU HAD MERCY ON ME... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, December 1, 2008

REMEMBER THE DAFFODIL

I REMEMBER I WROTE THIS POEM SEVERAL YEARS AGO, IT WAS ON A VERY COLD WINTER DAY, LOTS OF SNOW, AND AS SOMETIMES HAPPENS WITH ME I CAN GET DEPRESSED IF I AM SHUT UP INSIDE TO LONG WITH NOT MUCH LIGHT, I REMEMBER ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY I WAS REALLY FEELING DOWN AND I GOT A LETTER FROM MY MOM, I OPENED IT UP AND READ THE FIRST PAGE AND STARTED TO READ THE SECOND PAGE AND IT WAS A DIFFERENT COLOR PAPER, AND I REMEMBER THINKING POOR MOM, SHE DIDN'T HAVE TWO PIECES OF PAPER THE SAME, ONE WAS YELLOW... Sign in to see full entry.

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