Snow Globe

I'm trying to take this one step at a time
Cause' each step feels like five behind
I don't know why
But should I even try?
Your ways are so much higher than mine
I trust You with my life
Yet it's not a surprise that I still have questions
I'm just a child
Trying to do my best in my temporary world
Jogging steadily on this course
On this race you've set of before me
Customized to fit me perfectly
Though that's not always how it seems
When ahead I see turns and curves and uncertainty
When the going gets tough
And the road becomes rough
Covered with pot holes and bumps
Sometimes I've just had enough
And I need Your grace to pick me up
I feel like You've shaken me in every which way
My world like a snow globe in Your hands that You've made
The climate of my race feels a lot like today
I look up and all I see is haze
As I sit in my snow globe world and wait
For the pieces to descend and fade
Falling exactly where You say
I look around at the leaves in the middle of change
As You rearrange for a new season
You do everything with purpose and reason
You never leave the scraps of what's happened to me on the floor
But You perform a miracle
And the scraps become a tapestry
An empty canvas for You to freehand Your plan
You use the shades and the haze
The times where I don't understand
And against the colors the shades make sense

So I will wait...

This is Beauty

Girls, this one is for you! This one may be hard to read. It's pretty raw and deep! But don't act like you don't go through it too...we're all the same! Read it and remember, you are beautiful!


This is "beauty"
Hanging in the racks of our stores
Screaming that you need more and more
To be the girl this world excepts
Though next week it will change
It's all the same
"You'll never be good enough" they say
This is fame
So you'd better play the game

This is "beauty"
See the mass of girls we've fascinated with our ways
Don't they look great?
With hazed faces they all parade
To a fake place of acceptance and praise
How quickly is fades
Attentive to the swaying opinions and needs
A poisoned mentality that constantly repeats
"What can I do for everyone else around me?"
As dignity breathes no more
Beauty has become nothing more than a chore
How could we say that this is what God created us for?
Have we allowed the enemy to distort it's true meaning?
I have the feeling we have got it all wrong...
Because you see
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting
And it seems we've been beating ourselves up for both
When a King longs to clothe us with true beauty
Pleading with us to stop feeding of the lies
To take of the disguise and look into the eyes of Him
Who loves us with passion

This is beauty...
To be in the arms of a Savior
Who favors us
Whose love does not waver or rust
It is enough
He gives to us what we didn't know we needed
And he heeded every cry in the night
When we tried to be what we couldn't
When we became what we said we wouldn't
When the fight sucked the life out of us
He says that's enough
He melts the tough hearts and every part that's cold
He molds and holds
Restores and brings forth
Frees and believes in us
To be the masterpieces He created us to be
We are daughters of the King
Clothed in royalty and free
I hope you can see...

For, THIS is beauty.

"Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised." Proverbs 31:30

The Battle

The battle line is drawn
It's all in black and white
We've been asleep too long
It's time to fight

We wake up to a war deep in our souls
Sometimes it feels hopeless but we know
This battle we're in is because of sin
This battle isn't a fight against skin
Ephesians states in clearly
Read it and hold dearly to it's words
May God stir our spirits again
So when the devil's schemes rise and sting
God says through my power victory will sing
When you think you can stand anymore
Stand your ground again because I say you can
Don't quit cause' the armor may not fit
But I've given it to you and I will equip you
The belt the breastplate and the shoes
With these you will not lose
The shield the helmet and the sword
I am Your Lord
Go in my name
The name above all names
And no weapon that comes against you will remain
No fight that you fight will be in vain
Without me defeat is all you will see
Your enemy is crafty but he's just a show
He has no authority over you
You must pray every day for the saints
May tension fade and unity remain
Your faith linked together is better
Don't sever the army I've made
You must daily pick up the armor
It's heavy but each day you'll get stronger
The arrows of the enemy will not stop being shot at you
So you've got to trust me and do what I've taught you
Give the glory to Me
Because I won this victory
That all may see and put their trust in Me

The battle line is drawn
It's all in black and white
We've been asleep too long
It's time to fight

Marionettes

Sin has crept it's way into the church with a new name and a different face. Sin is welcome and accepted, yet ignored and rejected. Not acknowledged as sin, it's disguised with a grin and planted deep into the hearts of this generation. Causing them to sit in church with dark eyes and little light in their minds. Their Conscience screams but is only faintly heard as the fiend directs a scene known as "The Generation on Strings".
They are becoming marionettes, one by one. Playing the game of sin and boy, it is fun...

Light & Life

Lord, how deep does Your love reach?
You've given it for me to keep
My mind cannot comprehend
How Your love has mended my broken heart
My start and my end
You've penned in Your book
You remember how You created me
With delicate hands so intricately
You knew every step I would take
When I sleep and when I wake
The days I would fall into Your arms
Calling You by name
You are eager to remove all my stains
So that I may be blameless before You
How true Your love is to me
Your sweet grace and rich mercy
All placed in my heart and overflowing
Pouring our and showing Your glory
Through all my cracks You've written a story
Once a mess and now I'm soaring
No more mourning but dancing
No more flirting but romancing
With my True Love
You are more than enough
I know it will be tough
But You are worth the fight
I love You...my Light and Life