Fire

All other ground is sinking sand
A doubting maze of desert land
Where darkness rules the heart of man
Til’ the sun shines light on him

The building’s swaying in the wind
The towers crumble down again
This certainly will be the end
Of them not built on him

---Day of Fire Cornerstone

Days when the cross doesn't seem sufficient

As if the cross were not enough
as if that sacrifice
could not suffice
still I cry “Christ”
love me with life
you motion to the past
but I'm too nearsighted to see
so you beckon to the smile inside of me
the joy you bestow
the truths that I know
still I cry “christ” sacrifice for me
show me something I need to see
you don't degrade
you see I'm afraid
so you rush to me once again
you give your love and then...
you answer the prayers I was too timid to pray
you give me words I've wished to say
I ask for a friend to know my heart
you send one- life will start
a seed begins to germinate
as I see that as I wait
you meet me where I am
you run to me as I stand
offering yourself up
giving your hand to hold
I know I've never felt so loved
these small sacrifices are nothing compared to the cross they say
but to me they are lights I need to see His way
because on my own
as the day comes
I forget stars have shone
as the day comes I forget the way you held me in the night
with the sun your goodness fades out of sight
I can't see your mighty good when it's all around
in every story I read, nature's every sound
so loud that I can't hear
and so I fear
thinking you've left
my heart barren, bereft
as you gaze you see
these silly doubts racing throughout me
and you come swifter than the eagle in air
and you send love to meet me there
I needed encouragement you there was a note “I am with you...” Heaven-sent?
I needed to see him
but I couldn't seek him
so you sent him to see me
you fulfill this deep desire
you answer my prayers & inspire
you breathe into me a whisper of love when I am too deaf to hear your shout
you send love all about
I say I can't miss it, then I walk right on by
they all say; “he sent his son to die”
I know that you see
but I wanted love especially for me
so you gave love again