Today

Today always stays today

Never is tomorrow or yesterday

Today never goes away like yesterday

It's not coming in the future like tomorrow

But stays put in its ever present place

And passes through time

Stuck in a wonderful and perfect Day

Today!

Along time ago

It has been too long

But I do write on paper

Can I write right here

To say something worthwhile

I like to rhyme not just run text

So this is but a simple test

To see if I can return to you

Writing words if letters to you

Yes, more than a friend you are

A Lord and King supreme & more

He who formed the stars above

Earth beneith the heaven above

Can I say you're more than Lord

More than I imagined here below

From above all good things flow

All grace, may your kingdom come

What Can One Say

 What can one say that has not been said

Yet what can one read that has not been read

For the living write and not the dead

The living speak yet not the dead

God renews that which was lost

He restores that which is useless

He gives life to the dead

The deaf hear, the bling see!

The task of the church, as Jesus did

For we are His body, He rose from the dead

Now as He walked we are to walk

To lived as He lived, we are to live!

Don't Fret

Don't you worry, don't you fret

Just believe in Him who gives

Eternal life to those in need

To those who turn from sin

To those lost in sin's fate

To His who died on Calvaries hill

Risen to die no more, Messiah 

What can I say, 

it's been so long

just a moment

has passed in time

So much has changed

but all remains the same

Jesus is still Lord, 

King eternal and immortal   

We grow in grace

from faith to faith

no looking back

victory always in Christ

So fear not any bad news

look to Jesus who always saves

trust Him and believe

He's in control 100%         

 Thank You Lord

I want to thank You Lord

For all your kindness to me

Your glory and your grace

More than words can describe

Look down from on High

You dwell in our midst

Wherever two or more

Are joined in your Name

Move on behalf of Your people

On behalf of your sons

To show your mighty hand

For all the world to see

We wait upon your mighty hand

To bring to pass your will

To return again to the earth

To establish your kingdom

Set the Trumpet to Your Mouth

Let us rise up in Christ early

   To the warning trumpet blasting

Let us take up shield and buckler

   To the battle that’s now raising

Let us not be slow nor fearful

   Knowing that our Savior’s with us

Let us take the enemy’s ramparts

   And to God be all the glory

Come and be in God’s pure army

   With its standard High and Holy

Come to Christ whose blood’s atoning

   All the sins that keep one stumbling

Come to His life and die daily

   To the self-life that’s corrupting

Come to the peace in resurrection

   Of the new man God’s creating

Turn your ear to counsel worthy

   Walk assured by faith that's pleasing

Turn your feet to walk uprightly

   On the highway that leads to Zion

Turn your hands to works enduring

   The holy fires of God's testing

Turn your eyes and come up higher

   On the eagle's wings God gives you

Be in Him an over-comer

   Trampling under foot the devil

Be in Him ascended and seated

   On His throne with Him forever

Be victorious o'er over death and Satan

   Wear the crown of life He gives you

Be a conqueror in His army

   Speaking righteous words of healing

Put away all that God exposes

   Of the old man’s ways of thinking

Put on the mind of Christ our Savior

   Press to the mark of His high calling

Put down all that is high minded

   And take captive all thoughts to Jesus

Put on the garments of high praise

   To destroy despair and failure

Yield everything in life to Jesus

   For He’s the captain of our salvation

Yield your fears and every problem

   Cast on Him your cares and burdens

Yield as the clay to the great potter

   So He can mold you as He pleases

Yield to the gentle shepherd Jesus

   Who like us was in all ways tempted

Knowing that by faith we’re living

   In Him we live and have our being

Knowing that the Lord’s our portion

   That all true riches in Him are hidden

Knowing that He said, "It is finished"

   Now we proclaim this very message

Knowing that He alone is worthy

   To receive all praise, honor, and glory

Now we are in Him complete

   But not by works that we are doing

Now we live by faith abiding

   In His very glorious presence

Now we have all that is needed

   To live this life without spot or wrinkle

Now we endure with expectation

   To see His face, blameless at His coming

Thomas G Walsh 1982

Oh To See His Face

OH, TO SEE HIS FACE

I would seek Jesus More than riches
   I would seek Jesus more than gold
To see Hi glory is more my pleasure
   than this world's treasures hold

Must be I'm blinded by His presence
   to this world's golden gilded streets
Though I see they are mostly plastic
   not like the blood He shed for me

Can't buy His grace nor sell His mercy
   His love came down to comfort me
Now I'm more sure of this God's glory
   for His word sealed ne'er pass away

Though dimly seen, a mere reflection
   His Spirit groans to be released
From all my doubts and fears of failure
   to glorify God's Son in me

How oft I missed the highest calling
   in miry clay and unbelief
This grace that leads me even higher
   in Zion's calm I find relief

My righteousness is the Lord of glory
   I stand by faith alone in Him
From grace to grace He's glorifying
   all the saints who trust in Him

Chorus:
Oh, to see His face
   to be like Him from faith to faith
God's changing me
   from grace to grace to be like Jesus
Face to face