Three Days

If I've told you, you know

"The Road Ahead"
The road ahead
Goes ever onward
I see
Many hard places
Lie ahead
Much pain
In the future
But the view is misty
And I’m looking somewhere else
Lord
Lead me on
Keep my eyes fixed on you
God, I’m hurting
Cut
Bleeding
Tears flow
I ache inside
The worst part is
I have me to blame
For most of it
This road
Is bleak
And lonely
Give me the strength
To go on
Because I
Don’t have it



"Yesterday"
Yesterday
My spirit
Was crushed
Tears flowed
When I thought of
The separation
I went
To a celebration
My heart heavy
Expecting bitterness
At first
It seemed I was right
Bitter solitude
Was my lot
But You heard my prayer
And You answered
You swept away the bitterness
And replaced it
With happiness and joy
Yesterday
I didn’t want to go on
The way ahead
Looked so bleak
So lonely
So hard
Near impossible
But You, Lord
Have all strength
All discernment
All love
All mercy
You will bring me through
You will give me strength
To go on
When I have none
I will trust in You
No matter what happens
Lord
You are not one
Who leaves things
Unfinished
You brought us together
You pushed us onward
You sustained us
This
Is precious to me
If it pleases You
Redeem it
Resurrect it from the ashes
As You can
But even if it’s not to be
I trust You still
You won’t abandon me
You never




"Today"
There I was
Still hurting
Still unsure
Wanting more
Than a lecture
You came
You spoke
“Let go”
You took
My imperfection
And in return
You became
My righteousness
My joy
My happiness
My hope
Who am I?
That You
Omnipotent
Omniscient
Holy
Would move
At the sound
Of my voice?
I don’t know why
But I don’t need to know
I was overwhelmed
I couldn’t restrain
The tears
You spoke
To me
The lowest of all
Then You showed
Your power
Unlimited
You astonished me
With Your unlimited power
I can hardly take it in
I can’t sit still
My heart is racing
I don’t want
To just be aflame
I want
To be
A flame
Melt and sweep away
The poor
Brittle
Colorless
Sorry pile of wax
That I am
I want to be
A flame
Your flame
Let your fire fall
Unlimited
All-consuming
Burn away the old
Blast our grey
Flat
Lifeless
Dull existences
Into color
Into life
Revolution
Away with the old
Let Your
All-consuming Fire
Burn through everything
Even to the most mundane
The most insignificant
Corners
Of life
Open my eyes
Open my ears
Awaken me
Let me see
The other dimension
Sustain this flame
No matter what
I can’t do this
Pour on
To this sorry spark
The liquid oxygen
Of Your power
Let it burn fiercely
Uncontrollably
Until it becomes
Who I am
‘Til I
Can’t hide it
Even if I try
Keep the flame alive
No mere survival
All-consuming
Let it burn