God Is

God is here,

God is everywhere!

God is on the move

We cannot pin God down!

Celebrate

Celebrate,

Celebrate the time;

Let the happiness flow

The whole world o’er.

Celebrate,

Celebrate the life

Given to us all

By our great God.

Celebrate,

Celebrate the love

That is a gift

From our loving God.

Look Up

Look up and see

That God is near,

Ready to help you

Along the paths of life.

Look up and know

That God is ready

And waiting for you

To accept that help

Look up and accept

That God’s love

Is always there

For you to have.

Friends

Together,

One with the other,

We are friends

And it is God’s love

That binds us

Together.

Friendship

Friendship is:

Learning to trust,

Coming to know

Something about

Who a person is.

Friendship is:

Learning about love

Without any strings,

Knowing that the other

Will be there.

Friendship is:

Trust and love

So intertwined

That you cannot tell

Which is which.

Awake!

photo by:  Arthur Clark

Awake!

For God is here,

Among us.

Beware!

For He walks

And dwells with us.

Walking

Walking along,

Walking alone,

No one there

To hold my hand.

Walking along,

No longer alone,

For comes Jesus

To hold my hand.

Walking along,

Jesus at my side

Making sure

That I walk

The right road.

Rest

Rest in God,

Let the spirit

Fill you

That you may know

God’s hand

On your soul.

Rest in the Spirit,

Let it flow.

Let go of your spirit

And let healing come

And be yours

Forevermore.

Ashamed?

Are we ashamed

Of Jesus,

Or do we proclaim

That life and love

To the world?

Are we afraid

To say

That we belong

To Jesus,

Or do we tell that

To the whole world?

Come Home

Come home

God loves you

As you are.

You don’t have

To run away,

For God wants you

To come,

Come home.

Promises

Promises,

Of peace;

Promises

Of love;

Promises

 Of a good life

For all.

When, oh when

Will all

The promises

Come true?

Why Church?

Why do you go to church?

Are you there

Because of the love

Of Jesus for all,

Or are you there

Just because

You want to show off?

Jesus speaks:

Let the children come

            And do not hinder,

            For the kingdom is theirs

            And I love them.

            Let the children come,

            Do not turn away

            For I would talk to them

            And bless them.

Someone is Looking...

Feeling lost and alone?

Wanting someone near

To care for you?

Be at peace and know

Someone is looking for you.

Have you lost your way?

Can’t seem to find

Which way to go?

Stop the frantic search;

Someone is looking for you.

Stop and be still,

Come and see

That you are never alone;

For throughout your life

God is looking for you.

Come And

Come and walk with me

And see what God

Has done for us all.

Come and see the beauty

All around us

Put there for our enjoyment.

Come and walk with me

And learn how God

Would have us live.

Come and work with me

To keep our world

A place of beauty and of love.

Helping

The cup of cool water

Given to those in need;

The bite of bread

Held out to others

Helping them to love.

The hand held out

To help people up

Out of the depth;

Showing them the way

To a full life and love.

In the Name of Jesus

In the name of Jesus,

Rise up and walk!

In the name of Jesus,

Be healed!

Believe and you will see

God’s power

Made manifest.

In the name of Jesus,

Open up your eyes!

In the name of Jesus

Start to hear!

See and hear Jesus

And learn what

God’s will for you is.

In the name of Jesus,

Come alive!

In the name of Jesus

Wake up and know

That God’s love

Is there for you

Forevermore!

Fellowship of Love

Let us build

A fellowship of love

And all people

Will be included.

Let us build

A fellowship of love

Where hate

Will have no place

And no chance to grow.

Let us build

A fellowship of love

And God will lead all

To a better place

Where love rules.

God Remebered

I forgot to listen

For the voice

That told me

The path to follow,

But God remembered me.

I forgot to listen

Around to see

Which people there are

That need my help,

But God remembered me.

I forgot to walk

Always in love

With God and all those

Who are around me,

But God remembered me.

I forgot to love

All people that live

In all places

That are around me,

But God remembered me.

Satisfy

Satisfy my hunger,

Feed me

That my soul

Might grow

And become stronger.

Satisfy my thirst,

Give me to drink

From the well

That never

Runs dry.

Satisfy my soul,

Help me to find

The love

That will

Keep me whole.

Accepted!

Accepted!

Dear Lord,

Accepted!

I have been made

Part of the family

And have been told

That I am loved!

Accepted!

Outsider

photo by:  Betty Q Smith

I was

An outsider.

No one

Would accept me

Or treat me

As a human.

But now

Jesus has come

And has told me

That I am

No longer

An outsider.

Untouchable

photo by:  Betty Q Smith

You call me

Untouchable,

But see me,

For I am

A person

You turn away

From me;

But stop and think

And listen

For you will find

That I am

Much like you.

Rejected

Rejected,

Turned away

Every place

I go.

And then

Comes God,

Hands held out

In love,

Welcoming me,

And telling me,

“Come with me,

Come home.”

If Only

If only you had been here,

Always, the cry goes up

Wanting the answer now,

And not to have to wait.

But yet, God comes

Only when it is time

And only in the proper time

Will our answer come.

Walk on Water

I can walk

Upon the water,

But only as long

As I keep my eyes

Upon you.

Bu fears arise

And I look around

At the storm

That is blowing.

Then I sink

Because I fear

Too much

And forget

To trust you,

My Lord.

So help me now

And hold me up

With your strong hand

And walk with me

Always.

Help

photo by:  Betty Q Smith

Help us, dear Lord,

To open our eyes

And see

All people

As your children.

Jesus Took

Jesus took a towel

And knelt to wash

The feet

Of the disciples.

Jesus took a towel

And became

A servant

To all who were there.

Jesus took a towel

And in deepest love

Showed us all

What love really is.

Masks Torn Away

You tear away, dear Lord,

All our masks

That we so carefully

Put on.

We try to hide

Who we really are

But you, dear Lord,

Can see beneath

The masks

To who we really are.

Masks

You tear away, dear Lord,

All our masks

That we like

To hide behind.

You tear away masks

Of lies and sham,

And pretense;

And show us

What we really are

And we cannot bear

The sight.

So we turn away

To hide again

And kill all those

Who would try

To show us

Who we really are.

Walls

There have ever been

Walls

Dividing us

Each from the other.

Man and woman,

Parent and child,

Each of us

Has built a wall

Around about

To keep all others out;

Nor will we break them down

For anyone.

But there is One

Come to us now

Who will break down

All the walls

We have built

So carefully.

The Walls

Jerry Browning

Sometime way back in the dawn of my youth,

I learned how it was to survive.

I learned how to use what was handed to me,

To fashion a place I could hide.

Each bit of anger and each bit of fear

I’d fashioned to fine polished stone.

Resentments were mortared to hold all in place;

I started to build my new home.

The walls grew quite high and they shut out the light.

The rooms were quite large and quite bare.

I only wanted a place to feel safe,

But there was just loneliness there.

I thought isolation was where I’d find peace;

A safe place for just God and me.

I’d made it so safe and secure that it seemed

Not even my God could find me.

CHORUS:

Now the walls have come tumbling down;

The mortar is loosened, the stones fall apart,

 I can see the blue sky above, the smiles of my friends,

And God’s love in my heart.

Pure isolation can turn into hell when silence is deafeningly loud.

I found that I was alone in my walls

And I was alone in a crowd.

The fortress I’d started would never be done,

Still so much anger and pain;

The walls had grown higher than I’d ever dreamed,

They’d rival the castles of Spain.

CHORUS:

Anyone?

I am drowning in fear,

Is there anyone who cares?

I am oppressed and beaten down,

Is there anyone there?

It is dark and I cannot see

To find the way to go,

Where is there anyone

Who cares?

Yet stop and look,

For Christ is there, waiting,

His hands outstretched in love

Wanting to show us

That He cares.

Come, Drink

Come and drink

Of the Living Water

That shall never run dry.

Then shall you never thirst,

For the Living Water

Will quench the thirst

Of all the people

That drink there.