POEMS FROM THE HEART

THE PRISON AS JESUS WALKED THROUGH THE PRISON HE WALKED RIGHT BY MY CELL I CRIED DEAR LORD, PLEASE SAVE ME AND THE LOCKS FELL OFF THE DOOR AS I STOOD THERE SO AMAZED AT WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO ME HE SAID, COME WITH ME MY CHILD TODAY YOU ARE SET FREE SO I WALKED RIGHT OUT OF THAT PRISON AS FREE AS I COULD BE NO ONE TRIED TO STAND IN MY WAY MY PARDON WAS FULL AND COMPLETE THE CHAINS THAT ONCE HAD ME BOUND NOW LAID BROKEN ON THE GROUND I NEVER WILL FORGET THE DAY WHEN HIS MERCY AND GRACE I FOUND MY... Sign in to see full entry.

THERE IS JUST NO WAY OF TELLING HE WALKS RIGHT BESIDE ME I AM HIS VERY OWN HE IS MY FATHER I AM HIS SON A FRIEND CLOSER THAN A BROTHER THE DEAREST ONE I'VE EVER KNOWN THERE IS JUST NO WAY OF TELLING ALL THE THINGS HE'S DONE THERE IS JUST NO WAY OF TELLING ALL THE THINGS HE HAS DONE HE'S BEEN SO GOOD TO ME SUCH LOVE I'VE NEVER KNOWN HE HAS NEVER LEFT ME NEVER LEFT ME ALL ALONE THERE IS JUST NO WAY OF TELLING ALL THE THINGS HE'S DONE WHEN I BECOME WEARY THIS RACE HE HELPS ME TO RUN WHEN MY BODY... Sign in to see full entry.

OLD TEAR JERKER FROM LONG, LONG AGO IF THEY KNEW YOU'D GONE AWAY I WOKE UP THIS MORNING TIRED FROM THE TOSSING AND TURNING THE SAME OLD DESIRE IS BURNING AND OUTSIDE THE BIRDS ARE SINGING THEY MUST THINK IT'S STILL SPRINGTIME THEY MUST THINK YOU'RE STILL MINE CAUSE THEY WOULDN'T BE SINGING THAT WAY IF THEY KNEW YOU'D GONE AWAY I SIT UP AND SHAKE MY HEAD RUB MY EYES AS I SIT ON MY BED MORNING LIGHT IS SOMETHING I DREAD I WOULD RATHER BE SLEEPING INSTEAD PEOPLE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THEY JUST DO... Sign in to see full entry.

I GIVE BACK WHAT WAS NEVER MINE FORGIVE ME OH LORD FOR STEALING THIS LIFE AND DRAGGING IT THROUGH THIS OLD WORLD'S SIN FORGIVE ME FOR TAKING THESE FEET TO PLACES YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN FORGIVE THE WORKS OF THESE HANDS THAT HAVE DONE MORE HARM THAN GOOD FORGIVE THE SIGHTS THESE EYES HAVE SEEN AND THE AWFUL PLACES THIS BODY HAS STOOD I TOOK WHAT WAS NOT MINE NO NOT MINE, BUT YOURS AND THOUGH YOU HAVE IT BACK NOW FORGIVE THE YEARS FOUR SCORE I SURRENDER, NO GIVE BACK WHAT WAS NEVER MINE I GIVE... Sign in to see full entry.

GOD CAN TOUCH YOU GOD CAN TOUCH YOU AND YOU CAN TOUCH HIM JUST REACH OUT YOUR HAND AND HE'LL REACH DOWN HIS HIS ARM IS NOT SHORTENED THAT IT CAN'T SAVE YOU FROM SIN GOD CAN TOUCH YOU AND YOU CAN TOUCH HIM WHEN YOU'RE IN THE VALLEY AND IT SEEMS SO LOW THE MOUNTAIN TOP IS SO FAR AWAY THAT IS ABOUT ALL YOU KNOW JUST REACH OUT YOUR HAND AND JUST LIKE THE WIND GOD CAN TOUCH YOU AND YOU CAN TOUCH HIM WHEN YOU'RE SICK IN BODY AND THERE IS NOT CURE IN SIGHT GOD IS STILL THERE LIKE STARS ON A CLOUDY... Sign in to see full entry.

JESUS ONCE SLEPT HERE JESUS ONCE HUNG ON AN OLD RUGGED CROSS THE SIGN ABOVE HIM SAID KING OF THE JEWS THEY PLACED HIM IN A BORROWED TOMB WHO HE WAS THEY HAD NOT A CLUE BUT THEN THE STONE WAS ROLLED AWAY THE MESSAGE WAS SO CLEAR NOW THE SIGN ON THE EMPTY TOMB SAYS JESUS ONCE SLEPT HERE JESUS ONCE WALKED THESE DUSTY ROADS HE ONCE WALKED UPON THE SEA HE ONCE PRAYED IN THE GARDEN HE ONCE WENT TO CALVARY HE ONCE AROSE FROM THE GRAVE AND HE ONCE SHED A TEAR NOW THE SIGN ON THE EMPTY TOMB SAYS JESUS... Sign in to see full entry.

NEARING THE CROSS WHEN YOU SEE ME IN TROUBLE WITH TEARS IN MY EYES DON'T YOU WORRY I WILL BE ALRIGHT I'M JUST HEADING DOWN TO CALVARY WHERE JESUS WAITS FOR ME AND WHEN HE SLIPS HIS ARMS AROUND ME I WILL BE SET FREE WHEN YOU SEE ME GOING THROUGH A GREAT, GREAT TRIAL DON'T YOU FEEL SORRY AND DON'T YOU CRY I'M JUST GETTING CLOSER CLOSER TO MY GOD DON'T BE BROKEN HEARTED I'M JUST NEARING THE CROSS I'M JUST NEARING THE CROSS WHEN TEARS START TO FALL WHEN BURDENS GET TOO HEAVY AND MY BACKS AGAINST THE... Sign in to see full entry.

I'M JUST WAITING MY TURN T ODAY AS I HAVE SO MANY TIMES BEFORE I WENT TO SAY MY FINAL GOOD-BYES IT NEVER GETS ANY EASIER BUT WITH LIFE COMES TEARS FOR THE EYES BUT ONE DAY THIS WILL ALL END ONE DAY THIS WILL ALL BE NO MORE I AM JUST WAITING MY TURN I'M WATCHING AND WAITING FOR MY LORD I AM JUST WAITING MY TURN AND IT'S GETTING CLOSER BY THE DAY I KNOW IT CAN'T BE MUCH LONGER I KNOW I CAN NOT STAY EVEN SO COME LORD JESUS FOR I AM READY TO GO I AM JUST WAITING MY TURN I'M JUST TRUSTING IN MY HOPE... Sign in to see full entry.

IF I SHOULD DIE TODAY IF I SHOULD DIE TODAY IT WOULD BE OF A BROKEN HEART I AM SO OVERWHELMED BY THE SADNESS I’VE NEVER SEEN SADNESS SO DARK A DEAD MAN THAT’S STILL BREATHING OH, HOW AWFUL IS THE PAIN HOW CAN I MAKE IT THROUGH ANOTHER NIGHT MORE LESS SURVIVE ANOTHER DAY THE TEARS FALL CONTINUALLY AS A FAUCET DRIP THAT CAN’T BE TURNED OFF SURELY A MANS HEART IS NOT MEANT FOR THIS IT’S MUCH TOO HARD FOR SOMETHING SO SOFT KENT PHALEN Sign in to see full entry.

WHY WOULD I FEAR HE HAS NEVER LOST A BATTLE HE IS MY DEAREST FRIEND HE PAINTED THE SUNSET MADE THE SUN TO RISE AGAIN NO BURDEN IS TOO HEAVY OH WHAT A CROSS HE BORE WHY WOULD I FEAR HE'S OVERCOME THE WORLD IN HIS ARMS WHY WOULD I FEAR HE WILL WIPE AWAY ALL MY TEARS I HAVE HIS WORD IT IS WELL KNOWN WHY WOULD I FEAR I AM NOT ALONE AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER YET HE'S RIGHT BY MY SIDE WHY WOULD I DOUBT HIS POWER HE MAKES THE STARS TO SHINE HE TOUCHES MY HEART MAKES ME WANT TO DO RIGHT WHY WOULD... Sign in to see full entry.