Don't know why
God uses sorrow
To make us see
His love tomorrow

The pain today
Hurts me inside
Smiles I give
But tears won't hide

What life this is
Precious to me
Soon will see the light
Into eternity

Don't know why
God takes a life
To bring us peace
In the midst of strife

A form as black as darkness
Stealth to behind
Creeps just underneath my skin
Mastered like a puppet
His hook and string
Snagged my flesh
Dance I must uncontrollably for Satan

Shattering white into light
Laser rays of radiance
Pierce my mortal to the soul
There as life energizes death to death
Spiritual nuclear fission explodes
Lightning chain reactions of thermal meltdown
Sear my soul to God

The battle for me
Is the end of the world
My hair you may pull
My bones you may break
My eyes you may blind
My tongue you may silence
My blood you may pour
But my soul you may not touch
Sin cannot grip what grips sin
For even if I were to die
From the pain inflicted
My soul would just get another body
That bleeds God

My future is not a life or death situation
It is a death or death situation
The death to end all with Satan
Or the end to all deaths with Jesus
In this lifetime of wrestling
You can make only one move
So you'd better be able
To die with it

Jesus I'm thirsty
I've gone too many days
Without reading Your Word
Or hearing what You say

I'm losing my strength
My lips are so dry
I can't make it tomorrow
I have no more tears to cry

Help me find the Well
To wash my spirit within
Drench me in Your love
Shower my heart and then
Give me the Drink
Of sweet forgiveness and mercy
Help me find the Well
And I'll never thirst again

I first found the Well
As a young boy
Jesus was poured into my soul
My sins were then forgiven
Jesus made me whole

But somewhere in the night
I wandered from the Well
I thought I knew it all
I would make my own trail
I stumbled around
And on my face I fell
I still had my eternal life
But inside I was an empty shell

Nothing that a man can do
Or ever think to tell
Will create in you a rushing spring
No, we all must find the Well

Help me find the Well
To wash my spirit within
Drench me in Your love
Shower my heart and then
Give me the Drink
Of sweet forgiveness and mercy
Help me find the Well
And I'll never thirst again

"May I hold you?" I said to the little sparrow.

"No you may not. Just let me fly," she answered.

"But I love you little sparrow. Come and feel the warmth and love in my hands."

"But you see," said the little sparrow, "I've never flown above the clouds, or glided just barely over a lake where only my feet touched the surface, or seen how many loops I could fly in a row. I believe you when you say there is love in your hands. But if I flew into those hands, I don't know if you would let me go. There is so much out there that I haven't enjoyed."

"Yes, but the love in my hands is greater than all of that. I hold the love of God in my hands," spoke the little heart with hands.

"But I can't experience that kind of love until God has developed it in me. You see only when you have committed you heart and hands to God fully accepting His love and trusting in Him, with or without a love to hold, will you be ready. And I, on the other hand, must commit my free will and future home to God. Only when I trust in Him completely to guide me tinto His love whether it is in your hands, another's, or a forever rest in His sweet nest with God alone, will I then be ready.

You must wait and prepare your heart and hands for even when I or some other descends into your palms, you must not grab and hold down. For surely that creature will think she has made a terrible mistake and fly away at first chance. You must not have closed fists for the bird will struggle for freedom. You must not have your hands wide open for the creature will think you do not love her. No you must enfold your hands like a cradle where the soul will feel secure, but not trapped. She will feel peace, and not uneasiness. She will feel cherished, but not crushed. She will experience love, and never hate or indifference.

She must be allowed to fly away every once in a while to strengthen the love knowing that she will most certainly return. She must have freedom, so she can have the freedom to come back to you. Until then this little sparrow must fly over millions of hands and let God perfect His love in her own heart. Then when the blessed time comes this little sparrow from God will finally, come to rest not in your hands, but in God's perfect love inside your hands."

Psalms 84:3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young a place near your altar, O Lord Almighty, My Kind and My God.

The old ways I wandered
In the lonely night
Took me down roads
That filled my fear with fright

My life was so weak
Until God made me strong
He placed my fragile soul
In His meadow with this song

Let me chase
Chase a butterfly
Wherever it will go
No one really knows
Let me chase
Chase a butterfly
And find it in the wind
The love to live again

I found a dream beneath the stars
On the night that I cried
God took me in His loving arms
And made my fears go hide

He said," Your life is like a dream to me
More than you can know why
Find that dream in this life of love
Go chase a butterfly"

Let me chase
Chase a butterfly
Wherever it will go
No one really knows
Let me chase
Chase a butterfly
And find it in the end
Your life to live again

Don't let life
Pass you by
Go chase a butterfly

Listen, My child
Your future is in Me
For I have made you
So tenderly

Come here, My child
And follow Me alone
Then I will help you
Crawl to the throne

For you are a baby
In My arms
I will protect you
From all that harms
Sleep so softly
Under My care
And when you wake up
I'll still be there

Don't cry, My child
I know every fear
Just hold Me close
Then I'll hold your tears

Trust Me, My child
See My eyes up above
When you are needy
Please take My love

For you are a baby
In My arms
I will protect you
From all that harms
Sleep so softly
Under My care
And when you wake up
I'll still be there

So rest in My will
Close your eyes
Just be still
Tomorrow will come
In Me

The love for You tomorrow
Is waiting on today
For the things I should do
The words I wish to say

The dreams I dream of
All begin with You
For the love that You see
Inside my heart is true

Love is a choice
I have made today
To give of myself
Fully in everyway
Then and only then
Will you have the very best
God give me the strength
To love with no regrets

Lonely days pass by
When nothing's ever done
To demonstrate the love
Of the Holy, Righteous One

Friend I am sorry
I let you down before
But my love is strong in God now
Increasing more and more

Love is a choice
I have made always
To give up myself
Each and everyday
Then and only then
Will you have the very best
God gave me the strength
To love with no regrets

The flowers have friends
When the sun is shining
But the night wind is then
Chilling to the touch

The morning breaks through
But many are left dying
For love was never there
Just feelings of the such

The garden was dead
No life to ever love
Till a little Seed was sown
In the Earth from above

The seed grew strong and became a Man
Like none the world had ever seen
The miracle inside His heart
Made the brown ground turn green

If this is not the Life, the Love
May my future be forever sealed
Because nothing can take His love from me
I'm just a flower in His field

Give me
The faith to trust
The rope to climb
The mountain to conquer
Eventhough my eyes are blind

For Your faith in me
Makes me see
That my faith in You
Is the key
And Your life is all
That I need

Give me
The trust to rest
The ship to sail
The sea to cross
Even when storm winds prevail

For Your faith in me
Makes me see
That my faith in You
Is the key
And Your life is all
That I need

Give me
The rest to run
The endurance to finish
The marathon to win
Even as my hopes diminish

Give me
The faith to trust
The rest to run
To You

Pure they are
Love will see
When God's eyes
Are found in me

Then I can
See the light
In the dark
I have sight

Ways I trust
Ways above
In my eyes
God is love

This time
I'm gonna see the Son
No matter how dark
The clouds become

This time
I'm gonna leap with faith
Over my fears
Into the arms of Grace

This time
I'm gonna see Jesus's face
When I bow my head
And close my eyes
To pray

On this sweet and precious day
I will give my heart away
To the love who beckons me
In holy matrimony

Forever may this seal
Upon our hearts be real
For death itself can't break
The oneness our souls can make

The years of my past
Without you near
Will not hold a candle
To this day my dear

Be pressed upon my soul
You whose eyes I see
For God has chosen you
Only for me

Let sea waves drown
And gushing rivers flow
Our love is a mighty fire
Unquenchable it grows

Perfect our love
In God is found
His soul embrace
Eternally bound