Lyrics, Lamentations & Love Songs*

Take this morning My weary body  Tearful yawns All I have is the hope You bring  Amidst the storms Inside my being It’s not that I’m sinking now But I know my spirit yearns For the peace  Only you provide Lord, stay close beside Me now  09/17/26 clc “Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world. After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.” 1 Peter‬ ‭5‬:‭6‬-‭10‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

I wonder, When I question do you shake your head and sigh? For you know me more than anyone You know the hurt inside As the sun rises and the day begins Dew glistening across my face I just long for heaven And I’m stuck here in this place You’ve blessed me with so many things But the eternal is what I seek Scared and wanting to lick my wounds I want more of you, less of me Because I’m terminally broken here Even as I’m eternally saved I want to be home beside you And hear you say “I love you” 09/09/26 clc

  When I’m lost When I’m hurting As the day opens up and breaks Tears like rivers flowing My whole world erupts and shakes Not lost upon the morning As I sit here oh, so small Find my spirit longing For the hope that covers all There is a place I run to In the crevice of the rock Where my salvation finds  The peace I longingly sought There I abide In the presence  I seek and find More than empty promises Filled from the very source Of holy, living water As my spirit quiets from the noise  There I abide Lift up my weary head As I kneel by his side The father opens arms And takes me in I am replenished  Growing closer from within And there I abide  Never wanting to leave His peace, I find 09/06/26 clc “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can d...

  Do you see me? Do you care? In those moments when I want to fade away Are you really there? When the darkness Falls across my face Where are you God? I feel so out of place Inside my heart Just want to run And run and run and run Off towards the sun But that seems silly When I’m sitting in shame That’s the dichotomy inside my head Keeps on rearranging The truth So I sit And throw a good old-fashioned childish fit Do you hear me wail? Do you hear me scream? Do you even have context at all? In those moments, it truly seems I’m alone Licking my wounds And for a moment, for 12, That’s all I can do So I ask you again Are you there? Creator of the universe, Do you really care For me? In the stillness, Once I’m done Through my brokenness and self deceit You answer… “My son, Yes”. “I have been with you  since I formed you And I am quite aware of all that you feel And if you fail I don’t care, I love you And I always will!” 09/04/26 clc

I wonder what a child sees When they first wake upon the world Is it like when we’ll see heaven? Like a kaleidoscope as it swirls Slowly finding focus Maybe that’s how we find God His light more than we can handle The radiance of His love Eyes adjust to the splendor Unable to fathom how beautiful it can be We live here, in our sin Often just struggling to believe But like a child comes quickly When prompted by his love Maybe we can open up more To all he was thinking of As he created the planets, he created the stars Yet, they were deemed second place When he says “I made you in my image” And gave us the gift of grace As he called the children He also calls you and me Touched us with his spirit Gave us breath Life and His Peace. 09/04/26 clc

God doesn’t always speak In the way we think we need His voice on the wind Might be lost as we’re waiting on him But like building mountains takes time Our patience lacks the divine Nature that paints the sky The hands of the maker Seeks and finds The answer that truly completes And gives us what we need. 09/03/26 clc