Next Best Thing || 2009.02.24

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next best thing

a chance at life
and the next best thing is death
a choice to love
or the next best thing
death is no siren
and has no song
but life, but love
my savior sings
now brings love
and so brings life
believe his song
he has done
the next best thing

best is perfect
my savior sings
his love no contagion
but infecting me
death has no hold
no claim to remain
there is no more
any next best thing
my savior sings triumph
sings life
sings love
my savior sings
and brings
the next best thing

~JLB
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desire,desperation,temptation || 2009.02.21

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desire,desperation,temptation


I will craft destiny
I will desire my Lord
I will bear no desperation
I will tempt no apart

My service will be my honour
And His Glory my reward
My yield to lay unto His feet
All my greatness present

Let all realms cry out
And behold the preeminent King
Let all greatness note
For He sings desire for me

Song it's like no other
Shake sound, light resonate
It stirs through all of me
For desire is through destiny

All worlds bow down
All realms they yield
Time kneels still
Touch with me eternity

My King for me
All I for my King
To learn the one song
Desire to find in one voice

And sky peel away
Earth be rolled up
Eternity tremble
Desire has found home

In two hearts: one
Hold nothing away
I will desire my Lord
I will feel for no other

~JLB
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Thoughts on Assent || 2009.02.13

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20090213
Thoughts on Assent


grant up in your praise
assent to the Lord
climbing in worship
acknowledge in praise

bow your mind before Him
raising praise from your lips
humbly seek His face
reaching glorious praise

beauty of ashes
life in flame
complexity of mere blink makes think
what power is in His name

to call on His name
to sing it in praise
in reverence to worship
and glory fill this place

can one stand fallen down
or raise up when slain
can Death haunt a living
or chorus voices sound the same

for what do you breathe
who holds your heart's desire
wasted time is an enemy
the Lord awaits your praise

~JLB


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Loyalty of Heart || 2009.02.08

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Loyalty of Heart


If you have been given a standard to live by,
through the training of life
or of divine intervention,
do not change it
unless God Himself asks you to.
The King we serve is worthy
of every life,
and loyalty between the individual
and this King is worth
far more than feelings,
heartbreak, desire,
death, torture,
or any height or depth of emotion.

The King chooses His children,
and as His chosen,
no one of us should bear any regret
to maintain an ordinance
He has drawn upon our heart.

It is fidelity of mettle
which bears clarity in its resound.
The face reflected is that of whom you serve,
not a visage of your own.
Bear in yourself no shame to carry
the King's face in your heart,
and His sign upon your life.

Seek no honour but His alone,
stand in no respect,
save to the glory of His throne.
Carry His standard without relent,
and desire no pact with any
who would work to its disgrace.

Bear in your chest a heart set on Him,
Your Father is my King.
If any hold no homage to my liege-
then let them begone from me.

Draw no encouragement from these words,
unless you know by fact of mind,
and by fact of heart
that these words are Truth Eternal.

~JLB
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2009.02.04

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2009 feb 04



I find great solace in worship
and I find great strength in praise
My Great King is worthy
His Name is above all things

If you waken, deep in the night
with songs of praise or worship
burning from within your soul
then let the angels sing along

Lead their chorus
when your heart is captured
sing out His praise
when you are overwhelmed
worship near His face

Let redemption be your memorial
and praise your declaration
Let your voice be the angel's foundation
as your praise to Him
reaches the next generation

May all of your being
awaken in worship
And all of your hopes
be fulfilled in His praise
May your desire be solely for Him
and your deepest yearnings: to seek His Face

As He is immortal, may your heart be the same
May you worship forever
seeking strictly His fame
May your heart burn in pleasure
As your songs touch His heart
And may your worship treasure
your eternity's part

May your worship rise unbroken,
the same from ashes or fertile plain
May your wholeness come together
when you seek His Face again

Rise in solitude, before the dawn's grey sun
and let your heart thrive in worship
My King is My Holy One
Seek Him by the morning
as rises up your soul
Seek Him at last in evening
when day has all been told

Eternity beckons
Generations draw close
Praise, it reckons
The heart, it hopes

Live to worship
Desire in praise
My King is Worthy
Seek wholly His face

~JLB
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Fix Our Eyes || 2009.01.30

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2009jan30
Fix Our Eyes

Fix our eyes
Fix our heart
Fix our gaze
Remedy cure for our broken state

Fix our eyes on Him
Fix the empty gaze of a shattered soul
Fix my course on Him
Eternity blows its breath on me
Builds howling gale

Fix my eyes on Him
Fix my course fast
Chord the wind through the lines of the sails
My heart sings along
And my tongue finds the words to match

Fix our eyes on Him
Match kindles flame
And eyes fixed, passion leaps out
Fix my heart on Him
My soul sings eternal

I fix my eyes on Him
Fix our eyes on Him
Fix our eyes on Him
Fix our eyes on Him

~JLB

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