Lyrics, Lamentations & Love Songs*

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

I am the mist upon your face As you feel My Amazing Grace The subtle whispers That resound  Above the chaos I am found I am warmth  from morning’s light As sky opens  on days when it’s  hard to find I illuminate  the universe  And give you comfort Without a word I know when  Your heart’s tired and done I am here I alone can overcome All the tired All the needs I alone Can make complete I am. 06/26/26 clc

“Do not grieve my spirit,  You who live in skin Rest in the security That I alone heal you from within Take all those hardened places Souring your very soul Let me touch your hidden hurts Only I can make you whole  Amongst the chaos When you’re walking over shifting sand Stand firm knowing I am I am I am music in the bluebird Guttural belches from the toad  The cry of the eagle The subtle whispers That say “you’re home” I am here Waiting to ease that restless soul Down deep I think you know… I am mountains erupting forth Sending their spectacle towards the sky I am music in the ears  of a mother when her baby cries For the first time New life coming forth I alone Can plot their course Do not forget the promise I made  I am And will always be the same Do not forget To open your eyes I surround you With my love Like morning light I am.” 06/23/26 clc Read Ephesians 4, especially verse 30

You are more than I can fathom As my heart wakes with an ache I am so small, So insignificant Body worn and spirit breaks Clouds cover the horizon I cannot see sunrise Sometimes, in these moments I just want to run and hide I know you won’t let me Though I will try One step, then another Even when I hate it, You’re by my side I’m worm and I’m weary Feeling a little lost And I try in my struggle To remember the cost You paid Still don’t understand But I rise Reaching out my hand To you 06/19/26 clc

Hidden in the secret Where my heart flees when it’s weak There rests a simple notion That keeps me in my sleep A hope born in my spirit Risen from my earthly grave And there I find my savior Ready to hold me and save My heart My self Cause in the end There’s nothing else This world spins on around me Often pressing against my skin And if I linger in what it says I find myself lost and torn within So I go back to the secret I hold firm against my chest Knowing there, with my savior I can always find my rest I can fall down and be content 06/16/26 clc  Read Psalm 91

I am so intimately aware How small I am Standing here I am nothing without the breath That comes from my God,  and nowhere else I know what it takes to stand against the wind But I’ve also floated in the hurricane The one I dove right in I know where my strength comes And I know it’s not from me It’s from the maker of the universe In that I fully believe And when I’m down,  I still try to fight back When I’m weary and I’m tired,  and feel so under attack I still seek the God I know Trying to silence the world Letting go And when tears come,  as they quite often do I know it’s my spirit resetting Holding onto You So go with me this day Through the miles that I travel on Hear me, As I pray My hope belongs to You. 06/12/26 clc