POEMS FROM THE HEART

IT'S NOT AS IF I DESERVED IT WHEN I STOP TO CONSIDER THE WAY MY LIFE HAS BEEN WHEN I THINK OF THE UPS AND DOWNS WHEN I THINK OF ALL THE SIN I STAND BEFORE YOU SO AMAZED AT HOW THE LORD TURNED MY LIFE AROUND IT'S NOT AS IF I DESERVED IT BUT ONCE I WAS LOST NOW I'M FOUND YES THE WAY MY LIFE IS NOW IS NOTHING OF WHICH I CAN BOAST IT IS NOTHING WHICH I HAVE DONE WHY HE EVEN PAID THE COST EVEN WHEN I WAS YET A SINNER THE LORD HE STILL LOVED ME IT'S NOT AS IF I DESERVED IT IT'S JUST THAT IT'S A GIFT... Sign in to see full entry.

IT'S NEVER TOO DARK IT IS NEVER TOO DARK TO SEE THE LORD IT IS NEVER TOO DARK TO SEE THE LIGHTHOUSE ON THE SHORE HIS LIGHT SHINES TROUGH THE DARKEST NIGHT AND TO THE BLIND HIS LIGHT GIVES SIGHT IT IS NEVER TOO DARK IT IS NEVER TOO DARK, TO SEE THE LORD STEPHEN COULD SEE THE LORD THOUGH HE WAS BEING STONED AND THOUGH HE WAS IN A DEN OF LIONS DANIEL KNEW HE WAS NOT ALONE AND THOUGH HE WAS LOCKED UP IN PRISON PAUL COULD SING HIS SONG ALL THE MORE EVEN IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH IT'S NEVER... Sign in to see full entry.

IT WOULD STILL NOT BE ENOUGH IF EVERY TREE IN THE FOREST COULD SPEAK FOR ME IT'S OWN WORDS AND IF EVERY DROP OF WATER HAD A SPECIAL WORD OF IT'S OWN AND IF EVERY STAR COULD SPEAK OUT WHEN IT COMES OUT TONIGHT IT WOULD STILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO PRAISE HIM FOR MY NEW LIFE IF EVERY TEAR OF A CHILD COULD SPEAK FOR ME PRAISES TO MY LORD AND IF EVERY GRAIN OF SAND COULD SHOUT FROM SHORE TO SHORE AND IF ALL THE FLOWERS PEDALS COULD REACH AND TOUCH GODS THRONE IT WOULD STILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO THANK HIM FOR... Sign in to see full entry.

IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS TODAY AS I RECALLED HIS WORDS HIS SPIRIT FILLED THE ROOM HE SPOKE PEACE TO MY HEART AS HE CHASED AWAY THE GLOOM AS I THOUGHT OF ALL HE'S DONE FOR ME HOW COULD I BE SO REMISS HOW COULD I NOT PRAISE HIM IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS WHEN HIS SPIRIT ENTERS ME IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS WHEN I THINK OF CALVARY WHEN THE HOLY GHOST STARTS MOVING I CAN FEEL HIM IN MY BONES IT WON'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS UNTIL I... Sign in to see full entry.

IT ALL POINTS TO CALVARY IF YOU SHOULD ASK WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT SUCH A CHANGE IN ME I COULD TELL YOU MANY THINGS BUT YOU STILL MIGHT NOT SEE I COULD TELL YOU ABOUT THE ALTER AND HOW THE LORD SPOKE TO ME BUT WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE IT ALL POINTS TO CALVARY WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE IT ALL POINTS TO CALVARY IT WAS THERE THE PRICE WAS PAID THERE THE BLOOD WAS SHED FOR ME THERE HE SAID FATHER FORGIVE THEM AND THAT INCLUDED ME WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE IT ALL POINTS TO CALVARY I COULD TELL YOU... Sign in to see full entry.

IN SEARCH OF THE WORDS THOUGH I WOULD LOVE TO FIND THE WORDS THAT WOULD TELL HIM JUST THE WAY I FEEL I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT I PROBABLY NEVER WILL HOW CAN YOU SPEAK OF UNSPEAKABLE JOY HOW CAN YOU DESCRIBE AN INDESCRIBABLE LORD HOW CAN YOU PHANTOM SUCH A WONDERFUL PEACE AND HOW COULD YOU EVER EXPLAIN HIM LOVING ME HOW COULD YOU EVER COUNT HIS MANY GIFTS THAT HE HAS SO RICHLY BLESSED ME WITH HOW COULD YOU MEASURE THIS MERCY OF HIS HOW UNMEASURABLE HIS GRACE REALLY IS HOW CAN YOU THINK OF... Sign in to see full entry.

I'M TOO NEAR TO THE END I'M TOO NEAR TO THE END TO EVEN THINK ABOUT TURNING AROUND I'M TOO NEAR TO THE END I'M LISTENING FOR THE TRUMPET TO SOUND I'M TOO NEAR TO THE END THIS TRAIN IS GLORY BOUND I'M TOO NEAR TO THE END TO EVEN THINK ABOUT TURNING AROUND I KNOW WHAT LIES AHEAD OF ME AND I KNOW WHAT IS BEHIND I LIKE TO THINK OF MY FUTURE BUT I'VE LEFT THE PAST BEHIND I DON'T WANT TO EVEN LOOK THERE BROKEN PIECES SCATTERED ON THE GROUND I'M TOO NEAR TO THE END TO EVEN THINK ABOUT TURNING AROUND... Sign in to see full entry.

I STILL NEED THE ALTAR ONE DAY I REALIZED THAT I WAS SO LOST I REALIZED I NEEDED, I NEEDED MY GOD SO I WENT TO THE ALTAR AND I FELL ON MY KNEES GOD MET ME THERE MY SOUL WAS SET FREE NOW I STILL NEED THE ALTAR I NEED TO GO THERE EACH DAY I STILL NEED THE ALTAR I NEED TO GO THERE TO PRAY I STILL NEED THE ALTAR I'M SO GLAD IT'S STILL THERE I STILL NEED THE ALTAR I NEED TO GO THERE IN PRAYER I STILL HAVE LOVED ONES THAT NEED TO BE SAVED I STILL NEED GODS HELP AS I GO ON MY WAY I STILL NEED COMMUNION... Sign in to see full entry.

I FEEL SO MUCH CLOSER TODAY THIS OLD LIFE IS BUT A VAPOR IT IS HERE AND THEN IT'S GONE ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES THE DAYS THEY SEEM TO BE SO LONG TROUBLES ON EVERY HAND TRIALS TO TEST YOUR FAITH I'VE JUST GOT TO MAKE IT HOME I FEEL SO MUCH CLOSER TODAY THOUGH I'VE YET TO MAKE IT I'M WELL ON MY WAY JUST A FEW MORE MILES JUST A FEW MORE DAYS SOON I SHALL BEHOLD HIM I'LL SEE HIM FACE TO FACE THOUGH I'VE YET TO MAKE IT I FEEL SO MUCH CLOSER TODAY AS I WALK ALONG THIS ROAD I FEEL HIM WALK WITH ME THOUGH... Sign in to see full entry.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY, THIS POEM IS IN HONOR OF MY MOTHER. I WON'T HAVE TO SEE I LOVE TO GO SEE MOTHER THOUGH IT BE MANY MILES I FEEL JUST LIKE A LITTLE BOY AGAIN WHEN I SEE MOTHER SMILE BUT I HATE THE PART OF LEAVING LEAVING HER STANDING AT THE DOOR ONE DAY I WON'T HAVE TO WHEN WE REACH THAT PEACEFUL SHORE I WON'T HAVE TO SEE MOTHER STAND AND WAVE GOOD-BYE I WON'T HAVE TO SEE ANOTHER TEAR IN HER EYE I WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HER BEING ALL ALONE WE'LL ALWAYS BE TOGETHER WHEN WE FINALLY MAKE IT... Sign in to see full entry.