Lyrics, Lamentations & Love Songs*

Give me the strength to understand The world keeps shaking yet, here I am I don’t have treasures the world would buy I’m just a lone man looking toward the light The best I can Lord, what’s your plan? Help me hear your voice amidst the cacophony Help me make the choice Please quiet any anxiety  inside of me As I look towards you Help me see I may not understand but Lord, please keep your hand  On me. 06/24/25 clc “Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.” Psalm 62:5–6

You may feel lonely  So why don’t you speak?  You may feel the weight of the world (is)  Crashing at your feet  You may feel like a statue  Not able to break  But inside,  What toll does that take?  Maybe you were told to be silent  That it wasn’t like a man  To open up your feelings  And some of that, I understand  But when the world keeps pushing on you  And think you’ve got to walk alone  That’s where you’re wrong  There are others on the same road  To be a man Doesn’t mean to be silent  Because I’m sure you’ve said some words  But what is the intention When your voice is actually heard? Do you know how to say I love you  And follow it with your choice  To take each and every moment  Trying to hear above the noise? Because to be a man doesn’t mean to be quiet  Hell, you’ve yelled out loud  But maybe somewhere inside  You feel a little too proud?  Too proud to o...

The angels don’t cry  for the ones up in heaven,  they cry for the ones left behind For the weary  For the downtrodden  For the ones they find  Sad  Without purpose  Or maybe grieving someone still  The angels come to comfort  Shining a little of God’s will We think of choirs singing  But they also cradle the weak They remind us  In their stirring Of who makes us complete  The angels shout, victorious  They proclaim to those who seek All the things, glorious And remind us  We’re not complete Until we stand among the presence  of the maker of this earth United with those gone before us Through the message of a birth A life A death A resurrection And a gift  Given to the earth. Angels sing  As heartstrings  Find hope Here in this world. 06/20/25 clc

Let me be still  with you Subtle moments As I sit, quietly renew My body weary My strength faded away Help me to seek you, to stop and simply pray Ask the daytime  to open up my eyes As you bring morning  to full light Please help me not rush to  ‘make each moment count’  What am I really striving for? You are where my hope is found  And as the daytime fades, gives way to dusk Sitting quietly renew my heartfelt trust Watching starlight, seeing a firefly cross the night Give me your spirit as I stop, close my eyes And pray - Be still with me Today. 06/20/25 clc “He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭46‬:‭10‬ ‭NIV‬‬ “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”  Jeremiah 29:13 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.  Psalm...

Take this day Take each moment Open up our eyes to what you have before us Each breath Open our lungs As you open up our hearts to all you’ve done for us Help us linger in your light As we walk through the day Help open up our eyes And hold us close Let us be More like you in everything Hear this prayer as our hearts sing to you. 06/15/25 clc

Wake a little groggy Eyes feel puffy Body a little tense  Just want to run to you Like the little boy From way back then I do not understand you Like how the wind Seems to whisper my name I know you surround me Yet I still often remain Scared Lonely Hopeful, Yet stuck Inside my own feelings Even with you here Many times I want to give up  Yet inside I feel you Tugging at my core Knowing you’re there Even when I struggle “Dear Lord, I need you more” The weight starts to lift My body still weary Know I need to move Shower Take a few more sips  (of coffee) I cling to you There is no choir of angels No parade to cheer me on Yet welling deep inside me If I listen Is your song Not bound to my emotions Those teeter in the wind But the hope of generations  Found in the voice of you, My friend  So help me  When I struggle Push me when I don’t want to face What you have before me I just want to take my place Beside you. 06/13/25 clc “The wind blows where it wishes an...