Lyrics, Lamentations & Love Songs*

See my reflection In mirrored glass The man who stands there The one who has lasted Through every trial and tribulation Realizing beyond my gaze Through the faith I cling to One thing remains Maybe not a God of my understanding But the God who loves me so Tender arms of mercy Never letting go When I look deeply into the eyes Of the man who looks ahead Through all the tears I’ve cried I really should be dead But he anointed my soul with singing When I didn’t even have a voice Gave me wings to fly Then waited To show me how close I am to heaven Even while still on earth A word from him A gentle nudge Awakens my soul  Into his rebirth And in that mirror All that I see Is just dull reflection Of all he’s done for me 07/14/26 clc

Take these tears Flowing down my cheeks Hold my fears As I wail and weep Where are you, God? My body weary I’ve tried to cast All my anxieties But I just can’t last Where are you, God? Hope seems faint Like cloud covered earth And all I want Is to hear your words Where are you, God? pause pray You’re in the silence I just have to stop Remind myself I’m never lost And when I wake When I rise from sleep You still cover me Your love keeps Me whole  My feelings even Like the storm you calmed Inside settles I’m never on my own One little sheep Praying to keep… 07/13/26 clc

Waiting in the shadows  When we’re weak They tell us lies That eat at our humanity Push us to question why Why are we so small here? And in truth we really are But we’re not meant to dwell beyond His presence, yet we fell Into pride and worry binding  Our very insides can’t seem to break Away from what they sell us That says - you’ll never be ok And living there takes our spirit Opens up our desperate need For something greater Yet they tell us The world alone can fill please Then we’re left empty  From the hurt we thought would go away Our ‘gods’ couldn’t save us And we sink closer to the grave Until we find Peace In our mind From the only place That can hold us  Where our hope is truly found  Takes time  Even trusting the master  As we’re still living among the lies Looking up and calling out ‘Dear God, please help me find You among the chaos You among the lies You, please allow us To hear you as we cry” And in the silence - Seems he always waits unt...

Children, listen closely When the night has fallen fast In your hurting, in your wanting There is hope, look to the path That opens One step before you Then another as you come and rend  Your hearts before the savior He will touch and mend All the hurting As you grow closer Find peace amidst the storms That push at you and pull you Find strength within his arms And as others seem to waiver You press on, One step ahead Each moment you let go And raise your weary head To pray Guide my heart today. 07/06/26 clc “For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭15‬-‭16‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

I have failed along my journey If to succeed is to touch the sky I don’t have wings to lift me I wasn’t designed to fly But what if in our center That yearning for something more Arises from within us Hoping to one day soar Closer to the heavens Maybe see what the creator sees As he looks down upon us Each speck of sand, each growing tree And in our vain ignorance We forget why we were made Not to soar above the mountains, But to kneel down and give him praise That’s the choice we’ve been granted So when blue skies tempt our eyes I hope that I’ll take a moment And in him, truly fly  07/01/26 clc

I will always falter Struggling to lay my burdens down Wrought within this dilemma As the quiet seems so loud Reaching for salvation When it’s already touched my heart Questioning regardless - how many times will I fall apart? Yet in every tear that finds The canyons on my face I’m reminded Of this mystery you call Grace I am not a prophet,  just the son of a preacher man A little too smart for my own good To be so dumb when it comes to his plan I keep on fighting Because I know inside, it’s right I can’t just follow along And expect to sleep at night When the words ring true Like the clamor of the bells I know I’m not through There’s so much more to yell From this small place With all I know The burdens of my heart Deeply show You were not just a man Even when I don’t want to believe I know that the father Is waiting there for me No mighty chorus No pulpit or robes  Just a heart That knows Home. 06/29/26 clc