Lyrics, Lamentations & Love Songs*

 He said  “Hold on to me When the darkness seems to creep Into your very soul When the tears well from so deep Listen for my voice It won’t be loud, Yet I will keep My eyes upon you Rest knowing I am all you need Hold out your hand I am here child Only I can… Take the sorrow Turn it into Joy Find forgiveness That rises above the noise Set captives free Open up the waters  Calm the storms at sea Hold on to me When the darkness Tries to tell you so many lies Brings up your past Convince you you’re Still living that life Remember  I am the way The truth The life And you reached out I was there I saved you That very night You believed And I’ve carried you I’ve loved you I am here No one can keep My love away Hold on to me. 03/09/26 clc

What if I struggle? Does that make my faith less real? Do I lose my place in heaven When the earth takes and it steals? Do I cling to false teaching  That tells me those lies? When I wake, cold and shivering  Tears filling my eyes Until the truth Finds its way Like it does  If I wait When past sins fill my sleeping And the ick seems more real than not Darkness hopes to trap me In the fears I’ve given up But the voice that remains When I’m still, Casts out my shame And even as I hear A song of heaven as I wake It takes a minute to recognize That I am not the same I am fragile in this body  I am not meant to find my strength In the world, there will be trouble But I know that one day I will see All that awaits me As the maker of the universe  Smiles down on me <breathe> 03/03/26 clc

 One more day When I thought there weren’t many A little hope Amidst life’s frenzy  That still small voice Still keeps calling I hear it clearly Amongst all the noise That keeps me here It resonates Crystal clear  What comes next? Don’t always know Yet I wake up, I still go One step at a time  Remembering not too long ago  When my heart  Felt it couldn’t grow Yet here I am I stand One more day. 02/28/26 clc

“Come to me when you’re weary,  lay your burdens down Tired of all the struggles  Unable to rise up from the ground  Let my love surround you When you’re lost amidst the day to day Know I have carried all that you bear, I know the weight As sadness, fear, uncertainty  seem to linger in your mind They take you from the hope I give Call out and you will find Rest for you soul Your spirit yearns to let go Come to me in sadness Even as tears stream down your face Know that I am with you Holding you close I am the way And when you can’t go on Sit with me Even as you linger I send my peace in the gentle breeze Upon your face The simplest way to  Feel my grace As you are still.” 02/25/26 clc “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” Matthew‬ ‭11‬:‭28‬-‭29‬ ‭NIV‬‬

See the reflection Clearly face to face But do you recognize  The beauty in the hope that we call Grace  Mirror shows our imperfections If that’s all we’re looking for But the mirror of the soul  Looks deeper into the heart, it shows us more  One day we’ll see the glory  beyond the trappings of this life When we no longer linger  In the dark and we see His light Shine down All around For in His presence  We have found  Peace and no longer need A mirror  to see.  02/24/26 clc “For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.” 1 Corinthians‬ ‭13‬:‭12‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Said a man to the beggar ‘What is it you need?’ Lord I need redemption But I can’t see Said that man to the beggar ‘It’s true, you can’t see When the Truth stands here before you Open your eyes and believe’ Blind man opens his eyes for the first time  Imagine what he sees Sitting in the darkness, Now eclipsed by light The power of a savior to command day from darkest night Trust is the answer Sometimes all it takes is to open closed eyes When the savior comes our way In the wind In the still small voice In the moments when we feel so lost That gentle touch  that quiets the noise Said a man  to that beggar ‘Now, what will you do? Pick up your mat Carry on Let your heart be ever renewed By this choice When you trusted In my voice And were made new.’ 02/23/26 clc