Your Call

I hear your call

I hear your voice

It says draw near to me

Come to me and find rest

I hear your call

I hear your voice

It says stand up and move

Speak to them about me

I hear your call

I hear your voice

It says to love them all

As I have loved you

I hear your call

I hear your voice

It says don’t worry

I am with you

I hear your call

I hear your voice

It says pain will come

Things will be hard

I hear your call

I hear your voice

It says follow me

Do my will today

I hear your call

I hear your voice

It says be my hands

And be my feet

I hear your call

I hear your voice

It says I will speak

To them through you

I hear your call

I hear your voice

Do you obey or turn away?

Expand me

Expand me

Like a balloon, you fill me up

With your spirit, your love

As I grow and get bigger with you

Continue to fill me up till I overflow

Expand my vision

Expand my skills

Expand my heart

Expand my hands

So I can serve you

Like a balloon I grow and grow with you

I give my fear to you, whatever’s next

What can I do

Expand me

Don’t let me pop

just keep expanding me

I live to serve you

My daily prayer......

Face full

Shine on me Lord a new way on this day

Grant me blessings as I go your way

Guide me on the path so I don’t stray

Keep me on the straight and narrow always

Reveal yourself to me O Lord I pray

Show your face; walk with me all the way

Give me a face full of your glory on this day

So people look at me and see you always

Darkness

For all those people that need encouraging to keep going, to persevere through the bad or dark times, Keep going.

Darkness

As I walk this road, a long and windy road

Darkness sets in and the light diminishes

Like a candle being extinguished

or a torch slowly fading as the darkness overwhelms it

Fear plays on my mind as my eyes see things in the shadows

My mind casts back to why I started this journey

And the fears disappear

Things seemed so right back there

In the light, but now doubt plagues me

Did I do the right thing?

Was this really want God intended for me?

I must keep walking this road

Confusion sets in, I lose my bearings

Which way have I come?

What challenges am I yet to face

I cling onto the vision that sets me on this road

No one else is on the road

No guidance, no comfort

Just loneliness in the darkness

Faith tells me God is with me

On this road, that pushes me forward

Into the blackness

I know God is there,

but he remains silent in my prayers

We walk on together, in silence but persistent

One day this darkness will vanish

The light will penetrate and chase the darkness away

Like walking out or a dark tunnel into the blinding light

That day, that hope keeps me going

Encourages me to push through the darkness along this road

However long it may be I will keep going

I won’t quit, I just want to do it.

Washed up just like our weather!

With all the rough weather we have been having this past few days, then it reminded me of this poem I wrote whilst on holiday years ago.

Washed up

Tossed this way and that

Blown by the wind near and far

To places I have never been

Where am I going

What is my direction

How do I get there

Who is at the helm

Take the wheel God

Take me home

Set the sails and lead me there

Never let me stray off your course today

I give you control

I am abandoned to you O Lord

Never to be washed up again on shore once more

Another past poem

I felt God prompt me last month to read this one out during a ladies worship event. I wrote it a few years ago.

Held

Held tight, held safe

Held strong, held secure

In your arms

Here where I rest

Here where I sleep

Here where I am

Here is where I will stay in your hands

Arms around me, protecting me

Shielding me from harm

No matter what comes my way

The problems I will face

The obstacles along the way

We face them together

We walk side by side

You carry me at times, you will get me by

Hold me tight in your hands

Nothing can shake me out

Nothing can make me stray

With you in me and me held by you

Past poems

Desert Place

As I walk through this desert

I know you are there

I feel your presence

Drawing me closer, holding me nearer

Further and further I walk

Still you are there

Keeping me going and

Brushing me off when I fall down

 As I grow tired and weary

You are there with water and food

You sustain me and we walk on again

Surely this desert must end

What will have changed?

Will I have changed?

Will I see the world in a different way

Will people see more of you in me

 Father let your will be done in this

desert place In your time

Walk on By


I wrote this back in 2006, whilst I was in Vancouver Canada. I had just walked through the downtown area of the City and had seen so much need, but at the same time so much help and support was available to people.

If I fell in the road today
Would you notice and come my way?
If I was beaten and bruised
Would you come to cleanse my wounds?

If I was lost and astray

Would you leave the many to find the few?
If I was cold and hungry
Would you feed and clothe me?

If I was suffering injustice

Would you stand up for the truth?
If I needed a place to lay my head
Would you give me a bed?

If I was struggling along
Would you stop and offer a hand?
If I looked sad and dismayed
Would you care to say a prayer?

If I needed a friend

Would you come alongside?
If I needed prayer and support
Would you take the time to care?

If I needed a shoulder to cry on

Would you stay there for long?
If I needed to let my anger out
Would you take it and still care?

If I was alone in a room

Would you come over to me?
If I called you in the night
Would you come out to help?

Or Would you walk on by
As you hurry along

Would you sit in church and pray

For ways to help others each day?
Would you stare down your nose
Or turn the other way?

Would you pretend you didn’t see

as you ignore their needs?
Would you ignore the encounter as a fluke
Or see it as an opportunity to share my love?

Do you walk around in a dream

Blind to what I can see?

Do you not see the world in pain

As each goes their own way?

They follow their desires and thoughts

Not knowing where they will lead

They are slaves to sin
Although they think they are free

I sent my son to you

He died on a cross for all
His blood has made you new

If that is what you choose

I leave you my church to care

For all those that you see
I will return one day
For all the world to see

Untill then I need a people that know

The way through for all to find me
For whatever you do to the least
You are doing it for me.