The lost

Lost & hurting, helpless & confused
Jesus - help me to be you, to them
Battling their way, through the dense fog of their lives
Jesus - help me light them through to the end

You've shown us it's a journey
And we need you as our guide
But all they do is desparately seek fun
And miss the point

Please pour on me your power
Free me from myself
So I can show the cross
And they too can know your joy

I'd never have supposed it

Better times are coming
Mixed in with the bad
Though I'd never had supposed it
A short while back

I'm learning just how much
God wants good things for me
Perhaps the hardest choice
Not always what I need

There's been a misapprehension
I failed to make the connection
Between the life I lead
And God's love for me

Grief

Unexpressed grief
Hidden so deep
Yet showing itself as it seeps
Far beyond reach
It's poison released
As slowly & surely it seeps

Filling my heart

Standing strong
Though all seems lost
Taking a gamble
On the word of my God
All's as bad as ever it's been
Hope too far away to be seen
Yet somehow God's saying
His hand is strong
Though feeling so weak
He's filling my heart with His song

A taste of what's to come

Always on my own with it
No-else can know
Or begin to understand
Just how it goes

So few can listen
Without putting their oars in
I should be used to it
By now, I suppose

But Jesus I don't want
Just to be
About me
And turning to you
Brings relief
Sets me free

Then your healing spirit moves
Stirs me deep inside
A taste of what's to come
When your healing work is done

More of you in me

With endless patience you're
guiding me
forgiving me
living in me
I'm so thankful that you're changing me
Making me more like you

You enable me to
understand
I'm in your hands
it's in your plan
Through all that's happened I'm learning how
Yours is the very best way

Help me Lord to
submit to you
live like you
be a mirror through
Which more people I meet may see
More of you in me

Face to Face

You have opened my eyes to see
Wonderful things in you law
I'm filled with excitement & awe
Try to grasp what you have in store
For us

It's all there for us to find
I've only to look in your Word,
A thread just for us to unwind
Revealing what you had in mind
From the start

It's just the whole way it's planned
Woven together by your strong hand
Lord I fall at your feet
To think that one day we'll meet
Face to Face

Softening My Heart

How crucial
to forgive
I know it's all been said
But it sometimes takes a while
to realise;
It sets me free
Brings such release
Softening my heart so I can live

Lisa

God has given Lisa
A unique gift of friendship
A sensitive nature, intelligent mind
But best trait of all
Is her zest for life
And the get-up-and-go I'm now learning to find

She has such a depth
Both vulnerable & strong
Has many good friends, knows how to have fun
But her loving heart
Deserves only the best
A man after God's own heart, nothing less

It might seem so strange
That one who's so young
Has been such an influence & blessing to me
But I'm thanking god
That she came my way
And God had it planned that our friendship should be

Little did I know

Little did I know
When first I felt your touch
That what you love most
Is to bless us oh so much
Continually surpassing all
expectation of your faithfulness to us

Your word has shown this is true
But still I underestimate
Your power & your grace
My character you change
As you reveal in me
An unexpected, precious honesty

An instrumental part
Of this softening of my heart
Has been the closer friends
That in your love you sent
So loving & so true
To help me in my life & walk with you

Kiri

I'm going to give you a new kind of friend
With a loving heart & a listening ear
You can't comprehend the blessing she'll be
To you; I know your needs you see

This friend will be one of a few that you'll find
And I'll send them to you at just the right time
But Kiri - she is so special to me
With her true self-awareness & brave honesty

Yes in some ways she's different from you; yet she
Still understands what you've been through
She too has her own struggles & fears
And - like you - turns to me in her tears

She has no idea of what I have yet in store
For her, in this life & the one still to come,
But I'm using already her gifts & her flaws
In the work of my Kingdom, to honour my son

Kiri

I'm going to give you a new kind of friend
With a loving heart & a listening ear
You can't comprehend the blessing she'll be
To you; I know your needs you see

This friend will be one of a few that you'll find
And I'll send them to you at just the right time
But Kiri - she is so special to me
With her true self-awareness & brave honesty

Yes in some ways she's different from you; yet she
Still understands what you've been through
She too has her own struggles & fears
And - like you - turns to me in her tears

She has no idea of what I have yet in store
For her, in this life & the one still to come,
But I'm using already her gifts & her flaws
In the work of my Kingdom, to honour my son

Kirsten

Lord, she's so brave
Determined to waive
Her life choices in favour of yours,
Whatever the cost,
Despite what she's already lost

She's trusting in you,
Even when going through
Painful or life-changing trials;
She's been through the fire,
Still I see you in her smile

Sometimes she struggles
With having to give up
Those desires long grown in her heart,
But she's known from the start,
Her best is what's close to your heart.

I know she prays
That she'll always stay
Close by you, where she longs to be.
She's so precious to you, can she see?
She's been such a blessing to me.