Lyrics, Lamentations & Love Songs*

Fear creeps in Through the light Shattering joy Like oncoming night If we let it, If we let it Scattered thoughts Keep us up Or blinded to The miracle Right in front of us Have to believe it Have to open Receive it The mystery Of fragile man Held closely In the saving arms Of a being we can’t see Of breath we oft believe Passes like the whispering wind When in actuality It stands, He stands Waiting on me Just waiting on me To fall down  Believe Yet again  Believe That He is able When I am not His voice comes clear When from our heart We hear “You are ok I have you I have you and will Til the end” <breathe> 03/20/26 clc

Wake When you need to Take a moment Breathe into Your lungs New day waits And even when there’s rain It’s ok  Lightning strikes Against the morning a moment longer Hear the calling  Of something new One step ahead Hey sleepyhead Time to get out of bed Rise Open your eyes Today is here And it’s waiting For you to rise… 03/16/26 clc

Birdsong chorus Heaven before us Even before the sun touches my face Dark lost its victory And I was set free By the sacrifice of that Amazing Grace  Before Heaven’s light shows  Inside my heart knows The love that came From that Amazing Grace I am here by that Amazing Grace. 03/09/26 clc

 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