Redemption completely buries my soul
My mistakes all plundered, leaving smoke for what I thought was gold
I stand left in nothing as ashes blow away
Absolutely lost as my King approaches.
Humbled I kneel
Myself all I've left to give
Again emptied of myself
and the things I thought so great.
Doomed to mercy
Justice pours out
It washes over me
And stands me up redeemed.
~JLB
20100119
Love Quoted || 2010.11.17
I can look to God... and if i see, it is a thing of fear. Only by looking at the world around me with His eyes, His heart, and His compassion do I begin to know His heart. It stirs me with respect to the world, but draws me first more closely to Him. I am compelled to gaze into His face, for I feel His heart; how He stands up inside for the yearning and hoping to be with each soul, how each glance He gives raises Him, how each breath they draw He feels.
When I press close to Him I feel each time His heart skips a beat, each joy at a moment turned to Him. I feel heaven open where worship burns, I hear Glory as it begins to fall...
I also begin to know the depth of God's own prayers. Redemption pours out from God's right hand, while He looks so intently at everyone and loves. Intercession comes up eternally in rhythm - words, sound, movement. It is with love and longing that God sees the world, and draws me close to teach. It is by love that glory rains down, that life exists, and by love we can worship and in Him live, move and be.
~JLB
When I press close to Him I feel each time His heart skips a beat, each joy at a moment turned to Him. I feel heaven open where worship burns, I hear Glory as it begins to fall...
I also begin to know the depth of God's own prayers. Redemption pours out from God's right hand, while He looks so intently at everyone and loves. Intercession comes up eternally in rhythm - words, sound, movement. It is with love and longing that God sees the world, and draws me close to teach. It is by love that glory rains down, that life exists, and by love we can worship and in Him live, move and be.
~JLB
20100104
My Loss || 2010.01.01
I asked God to teach me
and He took down my walls
I asked God to build me
and He tore away my foundations
I asked God what
and He said, "Follow me!"
He began to walk, humming
began to work clapping
began to move, dancing
and I looked with remorse
That's not building
You took all I had
But I watched still
first fascinated,
then stirred
and finally moving.
closer, to touch His hand
and it moved to His rhythm
enticing me to dance
I could not catch
but to move in time
to find myself dancing
If flames could envy they might
but their only place is worship
I: I dance with The King
He whispers to me,
"What was this you lost,
what were you living for?
"I am your rock forever solid
I am your shelter and your tower
"I who made you: my breath
breathed in your face breath of life
"You posses my soul"
And my ruins melted
and still though they clamored
my wars found peace
So I lost myself
I lost my world
And His Kingdom stands now before me
~JLB
and He took down my walls
I asked God to build me
and He tore away my foundations
I asked God what
and He said, "Follow me!"
He began to walk, humming
began to work clapping
began to move, dancing
and I looked with remorse
That's not building
You took all I had
But I watched still
first fascinated,
then stirred
and finally moving.
closer, to touch His hand
and it moved to His rhythm
enticing me to dance
I could not catch
but to move in time
to find myself dancing
If flames could envy they might
but their only place is worship
I: I dance with The King
He whispers to me,
"What was this you lost,
what were you living for?
"I am your rock forever solid
I am your shelter and your tower
"I who made you: my breath
breathed in your face breath of life
"You posses my soul"
And my ruins melted
and still though they clamored
my wars found peace
So I lost myself
I lost my world
And His Kingdom stands now before me
~JLB
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