Prepare Him Room (A Song)

When winter comes

To chill me deep

And darkness lulls

My soul to sleep

The Newborn King

He calls to me

His joy to know

His love to see

His warmth moves in

And thaws the freeze

The King of Light

The Prince of Peace

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He entered where

there was no place

Rejected, scorned

He knew His fate

His birth it brings

A hopeful start

Prepare Him room

Within my heart

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He chose to step

Off of his throne

Traded heaven

As His Home

Born in flesh

A helpless babe

He came to give

His life away

A rugged cross

An empty grave

Outstanding debt

Forever paid

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He entered where

there was no place

Rejected, scorned

He knew His fate

His birth it brings

A hopeful start

Prepare Him room

Within my heart

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Releasing a Christmas Miracle

For Christmas this year

I want you to know the simple truth

That miracles happen in the most inconspicuous

And messiest of places.  

Amongst the hay and the troughs

Sitting in the dirt and the grime

Staring Love in the face.  

There is nothing more soul healing about this season

Than meeting people

Sitting with them

-including yourself-

In the messiness of life

And simply just being.

Being present,

Being open,

Being a witness to the mess.

Hands open,

Heart open,

Gratitude flowing

And eyes witnessing Love coming down

And pouring out on each one of us.

Beauty can and does emerge from ashes.  

Miracles do happen in the hay

In the mess...

When we believe that Love is ours to receive.

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Come and Feast

In the long hours of the night, come and rest.  

In the early moments of the dawn, come and feast.

Feast on what you need for today,

to push through

for breakthrough

and some days, just to get through.  

No matter the reason

come and feast

A helping of grace,

To nourish a weary spirit

Eat it up until you are filled

A steaming cup of tenderness and warmth

to melt a heart gone cold

Drink it in.  

Find healing

in exhaling your need for perfection

and breathe deep the nourishing truth

that you are enough…

right here and right now.

Because He declared it over you

Before you lived one day

Know your limitations.

make peace with them.

Celebrate them

Because they are what will propel you

into a season of breakthrough.

The weaker I am

the stronger He will be.

Surrender

to His glorious

and grace-filled way

The pains of yesterday are done.  

Behind you now.

Come feast for today

To nourish

To fill you up.

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The Prodigals are Running

The prodigals are running

To open air and sky

Strangled by religion

Oppressed by judging eyes

Hypocrisy is rampant

What we say is not our truth

But we judge the world around us

And everything they do

In fear, the church has faltered

Afraid of differences

Instead of staying open

We come with closed up fists

It’s time to check our motive

Of what we think and say

Is it lining up with Jesus

With His message and His way?

Using only best words

Over us He sings

The Father speaks out purpose

And transforms everything

Souls find affirmation

And blinded eyes gain sight

God confirms identities

Only found in Christ

It’s time for second chances

The church can make it right

Use the words the Father sings

To bring back home His bride

The prodigals are running

Back to home sweet home

Where Father breathes His freedom

And life on these dry bones  

Releasing a Life of Contradictions

What’s right is wrong

What’s “bad” is good

I struggle doing

As I should

The world around

Has set it’s rules

We mimik close

We act like fools

Never question

What we do

Never wonder

What’s the Truth

My soul is rotting

Deep within

Overcome

By worldly sin

We come without

An offering

To change this world

We’re visiting

We long for good

And what is true

But get caught in

What others do

I’m torn in pieces

Longing for

A life that’s filled

With so much more

We must adjust

What we believe

To live life whole

To live life free

The first is last

The last is first

What’s low is high

What’s great is worst

Renew my mind

And heart each day

Adjust my thoughts

To know the way

That God has made

Abundant life

To give us all

A mind like Christ

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Rise & Shine

A day of new

To rise and shine

Release the old

Renew your mind

Behold your world

With eyes that see

The truth that heals

And sets you free

Take delight

In who He is

As He works through

Your Circumstance

Redeemer, Savior

Father, Friend

Protector, Sheppard

Great I Am

Your name He calls

Your life He chose

He draws your heart

So lean in close

To hear the song

He sings to you

Of death to life

Of old to new

He has a plan

To break you free

From blinding lies

To make you see

There’s life in truth

And truth in Him

No turning back

When you’re “all in”

A life of new

To rise and shine

To up and leave

The past behind

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