STOP

Stop my wondering mind.

Stop in pressures that draw me from outside.

Stop the chattering voices that war for space within.

Lost, lost in the grind of the going and coming.

Stop, stop long enough to miss your presence, that sweet presence that pauses the world from spinning.

Here and now, stop the motors of life so that I can hear your soothing voice, the voice that sweeps my anxieties away and frees my every care. 

Here and now, here and now all I want is you.  

Here and now Here and now all I need is you.

Stop my wondering heart that seeks a place to belong.

Stop the pressures to be everything to everyone. 

Stop the chattering voices that tug at my every step causing me to doubt everything you have said.

Lost, lost in the opinions of man’s yesses and no’s. 

Stop, stop long enough to feel that you in me is everything I need, your every breath flows within my being.

Here and now, stop the motors of life so that I can see your loving ways. The ways of incomparable peace, for that is what my heart longs.

Here and now, here and now all I want is you.

Here and now here and now all I need is you. 

Never to go back

Written By SOLEMN 01/28, 2013

I Live Outside

I Live Outside

In a quiet and dark space I pondered on your magnificent grace. For when you rescued me, we exchanged the faces of shame. You took upon yourself my sins and careless heart and handed me pure love and restored this sinful heart. No longer will I live locked inside my selfish world. For You have brought me outside as a billboard of your call. The call to all who live enchanted by their deeds, mesmerized by their needs, no one else could they see. Now that I live outside I can see all there is to do,  be gentle kind and true; have faith and compassion too. Build and not destroy those you've assigned to me. Revive, encourage and make whole with God's restoring Word.

Now that I live outside of the hole I once was in, I can call, "Hey you my friend! come out and live again. For this life that Christ has given is of freedom, adventure and true joy. No comparison can there be to a life that is now worth living. Oh, that you may live this life with me, for no longer do I need to hide from fear and shame, nor anxieties untamed. For this life I have been given was paid with the highest cost. He laid on that  mangled cross to give way to all once lost.  Oh, that you may listen to the call of all those living this miraculously journey written with a never ending finish. 

Written By SOLEMN
01/20/2013