A New Day

There are days when things just fall into place, a peaceful feelin that lingers on through the day, come what may, it’s o.k. my shoulders are strong, and I’m feeling brave

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And it’s when I’m walkin, when I’m talkin, when I listenin to the Lord it’s when I’m searchin, when I’m thinkin and servin, and sharin, and singing and praisin the Lord

There are days, when life stops being mundane, My eyes are open, my spirit feels wide awake, and I can hear the voice of God, wisdom pure and crystal clear

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There are days, when pain is soothed and sorrow turns and every corner, holds something new and unknown and I run forward in this race, I might get tired, but I'm not afraid

It was a quiet voice that sent Gabriel to tell Mary, She’d give birth to a Savior, to a King, A perfect gift from Heaven, the Son of the Most High, A quiet voice sent to us, to save mankind

It was a quiet voice that sent the star to guide the Wise Men, and a quiet voice that gave Mary the first Christmas Hymn, and a quiet voice that told Peter, Feed my Lambs, and a quiet voice that from the cross, said forgive them

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Listen to the Quiet Voice that wraps around the earth a glimpse of silver lining, was our Saviors birth, No shadow of turning, He promised to His own that in the hearts of faith, His Quiet Voice could find a home

It’s a quiet voice that tells the seasons when to change, and a quiet voice that sends us Grace when there is pain, and when our courage is broken and we feel like a lost lamb, It’s the Shepherd’s quiet voice that says “try again”

This is a time when I wished I’d been silent, no more than a word or two, You smiled politely, your face looked confused, or perhaps amused my heart beat faster, a race against time, you were anxious to leave I made no sense, I planted a tree instead of a seed

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I got Carried Away, Carried Away 

I was left there standing alone in the store, holding my gallon of milk, I wanted to say so much more, so inadequate I felt, I wanted to tell you I stood where you stand, He was not real to me till I opened my heart, His mystery came in

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Whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is honor love, and truth, This is Who I am trying to say is waiting.... to be 

The ocean is big the ocean is wide, I probably won’t see you again, I’ll cast my prayers into the wind, for you my friend, They will not drift, no they will fly straight into His Hand 

and they’ll be...

An angel sits in my garden, always peaceful always still always in control of her day, it can rain and it can pour even in the biggest storm, she has a smile on her face

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Oh but, I am made of flesh and bone and not of molded stone I will always make mistakes, God’s love is faithful, His mercy is sweet in that every day is a new day 

Sometimes I’m feeling mighty fine, ya the world’s messed up but I’m alright, I think I’ve got it all worked out, Then He shows me something else deeper down inside myself, I fall down, He lifts me up

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It’s hard to be everything to everybody everywhere near to all who call, a good wife, a good mom try to serve outside my home I can’t do this on my own

I live in a Kingdom that is strangely enough, in this world but not a part of, No one is excluded by color of skin, the strong and the wounded are all invited in

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To be a child of His wonder, a child of His Grace a child protected in a beautiful place, in a beautiful space

The Kingdom is unseen but can be found where the will of the King is done, The King is present in Spirit alone, someday He’ll be back to claim His Holy Throne

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And when the great deceiver, when the great dragon draws near we just whisper the King’s name, and he flies away in fear

No one is a nuisance to this King of Kings, he meets every need, Children play at his feet, the more you  draw near Him, the more He imparts, wisdom and truth, He can heal the broken heart

In 1975 my world turned upside down, the Communist took over in South Vietnam, A High School History teacher I taught my students well, but I spoke too much of freedom, So they threw me in a cell

Chorus: So it was there I built my home away from home, The Carpenter came and laid the chief cornerstone

Every time that I was hungry, He gave me the bread of Life, I tell you that’s how I survived, Stripped of all my dignity, do you know what freedom means to me is like air, without I cannot breathe, Gave 14 years that I worked in concentration camps

In all my weakness, He made me stronger than those men, Once God gave me a bible when He saw I had lost hope, I found it in a shed that I cleaned as I was told six years passed, They found it and then they tortured me, But they could not touch His Word etched in my memory

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Sometimes I feel like Him with no place to lay my head, I am a refugee, in Vietnam they want me dead, But He said that if we love Him and if we keep His Word, He and His Father would make their home with us on earth

Leaping into existence, the earth was waking up, The Horizon was hiding a flaming sun clouds tinged with copper, adorned the deep blue sky songbirds sang louder as the sun began to climb

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I felt all wrapped up in the splendor of God at the heart of that splendor I found love, So I danced, then I sang, my hands lifted up in praise, I turned round and round and round and round again beams of light surrounded me, I was floating in His peace for a moment I had wings instead of feet

Like the light of the sun by morning, and the light of the moon by night, His Word burns brightly in the forefront of my mind, How great the wonder, How sweet the reward, when I surrender and dance with the Lord

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Praise Him all nations let your voices be heard soaring to heaven from earth, timbrel, and trumpet song and dance, these stones shall not cry out as long as I still can

If I take these wings of morning, to the uttermost parts of the sea even there His right hand will find and guide me born of His Spirit, nothing can come between My love for the Lord and His love for me

I’ve prayed about this burden, this untimely circumstance an unpleasant situation is at hand, I’ve prayed without ceasing, take this thorn from my side, I’ve prayed believing, you’d comply, Am I praying against Lord what you’re teaching me, Perhaps I should be praying, Change Me 

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Clean me, refine me, teach me and toughen me, Lord I seek to praise you in trouble and trial without resistance, without adversity A ship cannot sail

Sometimes heaven, feels so far away, like some unknown distant place, Where I once heard your voice, Lord, I can’t hear anything, Perhaps I’m too consumed with worldly things, I know that this world is not my destiny, In the midst of it all, Lord, Change Me

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It’s not like me to move this slow, not to hold my head up high something I thought was so secure has been cast aside

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Oh I seek a knight in shining armor to rescue me from this battle I’m in, Oh a knight whose word is his honor whose promises are kept, faithful to the end whose love is like a rock, and not shifting sand whose words don’t breakdown, they build and they mend

Self-less love must venture out, but caustic words hands me doubt my  heart is guarded, I feel much more safe in that Hiding Place...where I seek

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Love is patient, it bears all things man of sorrows acquainted with grief, Did you mention how it can sting, how painful love can be

Century after century, it’s the same old story, God invites, man turns His back God offers again, it makes me stop and think how pure God’s love must truly be, We killed His prophets, and time after time, we choose the world over Him, Lord I am thankful, thankful this day, you came to earth anyway

He came knowing the mere presence of His Word would unfurl anger and wrath wrapped in tradition in a lost and broken world and He taught knowing that His truth would fall on indifferent and dear ears for seeing they could not see, and hearing they could not hear but His love is so longsuffering, He did it for our sake He just kept on teaching anyway

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Oh the world makes sense when I get a glimpse of God’s perseverance and a love so pure in the face of evil help me to stand and do all the good I can, in the face of hate help me love anyway

They flocked to Him for healing for a quick fix for their needs, they were no more interested in His talk of eternity, and His incredible miracles and sensational signs suited them just fine until His talk of self-denial, and the voice that shouted praises and the hand that touched His robe, would later be the voice to curse and the hand to throw the stone, but the depth of His compassion was so much deeper than their faith, He just kept on healing anyway

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Silent like a lamb, He did not hide his face, He suffered knowing many would not accept His gift of Grace, He had done no violence from His mouth no deceit with our sin upon His shoulders they nailed Him to tree oh praises to the Father, the Son and Holy Ghost, When they killed Him, He lived anyway

Here I sit with trembling hands, Lord where do I start, Lean closer now and whisper how to open their hardened hearts, As they all file in and stare at me, I begin to think, That it’s easier to just sit in church than to go out and truly serve 

Some are here to get out of there, some seek answers for their pain, Some just come and want to know if there could ever be that much grace for the tribulation and trials they face, they are past the point of being brave, As I glance down at my trembling hands I think it’s easier to sing on stage

Chorus: Come Great Shepherd, Come Prince of Peace, Come Lord Jesus, To your lost sheep 

Be not afraid, I read aloud, for I am always with you, His precious Word turns that broken place into a beautiful room, And the prison walls and a few tears fall, they think and feel again, Their sleeping souls wake up to hold a love they’ve never known

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The Spirit comes and fills the room, some bend, some break, Some realize if they follow Christ, their souls will stay awake, Remind me Lord, what I’m here for, your hand can fill their cup, It’s not for me to always see where they go or how they end up

So often you’re so quiet, your visits unannounced, So often I am moving, and I don’t hear the sound of your quiet footsteps, or knock at my door please come in, Capture Me

Take my hand and lead me, out into the night underneath the canopy of stars silvery light forgive me, please, but I’ve lost touch with who You are Capture Me, let’s journey far

Chorus: And the light that you bring and that follows you around might it guide my path, and fill my soul, I will cherish these moments, I will hang onto every Word from the voice of love I know 

So many triumphs of the human heart and mind, So many lovely pearls you have let me find, oh but I have found, the loveliest supreme pearl of all, Capture me, Capture me 

Bridge I am just a poet, You are a King how is it You would want to walk this earth with me, You who formed the universe are holding my hand, Is it ok if just this once I let pride in