Lyrics, Lamentations & Love Songs*

Sometimes it’s in the hard things That we find where we truly are Even when we want to crawl away Lick our wounds and hide our scars But as someone told me the other day Darkness cannot hide When the light of the Savior Shines brightly through the night Doesn’t mean it’s easy Oh it hurts, it stings But we’re not alone in this That’s why he gave us voices to sing Not always in joyful celebration Sometimes just whispering soft his name, In those still, soft moments That’s when he can change Our insides Our doubts, our fears And help wipe away the tears That stain our face. 09/01/26 clc

Sidewalk preacher Some kind of teacher Who is this man That walks among the thieves? What is this gospel He keeps proclaiming? Saying he’s the son of man Asking me to believe They speak of miracles The crowds adore him He just walks along I sit here at the gate I see him coming I hear the whispers wondering if he even sees me All I can do is wait And he comes Right to me ‘Pick up your mat There’s a world I want you to see If you can just believe’ He brought no kingdom No worldly riches But he gave a gift So these very feet  Can carry on now With his message Proclaiming the glory Out among the streets And he came Right to me Spoke the words that echo ‘You are my child, And you’re set free’ 08/31/26 clc

Inside Where my Spirit often quakes  My resolve fumbles and I shake ‘Oh, won’t you hold me’ I continue to pray Darkness Lingers at the door Always wanting a little more Please shine your light I ask for Your… Power Your love Holy Spirit Shine on me More In this Quiet The still moments before the day Sit and meditate The best I can Asking you To walk with me Hold my hand Throughout This day. 08/31/26 clc “I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us...

When I run There’s nowhere I can flee That escapes your presence Even the dark inside you see You see it all As if standing in the sun I cannot hide There’s no need to run You are there When the tears begin to fall When lost in my own wilderness Your voice still calls “My child I see you, please be still I love you when you’re hurting I will always be right here” But God, I’ve asked so many times For you to take away This misery inside It’s still there Shows up even on sunny days Will you take my heart And wash it all away You know my spirit Longs for your touch  I crave the way you fill me Those moments mean so much So please hear me Hear this cry I want you to multiply Your light shining inside of me. 08/30/26 clc “Now the angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.” Then the...

I’m still me as I’m siting here this morning Feeling alone Even as I know your glory Sits waiting for me to see That you’re here  Holding me Even as I walk through the loneliness that lingers You’ve been the constant When I lose my step, meander Through the hurts That I just don’t know how to let go How many times have I simply asked ‘Take this pain from my soul’ In the stillness The only sound, my flowing tears  You are here Asking me to let go of my fears Again So I do Please take away the pain Again. 08/29/26 clc

Why do I forsake you When you’ve given me so much? The heart that beats inside my chest Still remembers the touch Of your spirit as I was sinking Yet some days I’m so far away From the memories of that moment That’s when my heart seems to sway I know I wouldn’t be here Without the stillness that you bring Regardless of my circumstance, You would think my voice would sing But I still live in sin And some days feel so far away I take it all for granted As I walk the other way I haven’t forgotten you That I never do But I’ve been born of flesh And sometimes I just weep like dew So please forgive me if I question (‘cause) Maybe the questioning is when I see That you don’t mind the questions You just want the heart inside of me. 08/26/26 clc