A dimly lit street
So many incomplete
Drugs overflowing
Death rate growing
Teens in despair
Parents rarely care
Although this is dismal
There’s something more criminal
A crime often unnoticed
You never thought you did this
To pretend God doesn’t exist
Even in His midst
Why, child, do you doubt
He has the power to lift you out
Out of whatever circumstance
That makes you feel at a distance
Yes, it may not be easy
But is God your reality
Where is your hope
You, above all, can cope
You will never walk alone
You will always have a home
What will come later
Is so much greater
So do not only see the temporal
For that would be truly criminal
Christ has given us so much more
So why Christian are you on the floor

Thoughts flood
Like the flow of blood
Deep in my veins
I lose the reins
I may wonder
What if the thunder
Hit me one night
Hearing out of sight
What if I had begun
What should not be done
Would I be alive
Would I thrive
No matter how futile
I wonder once in a while
What if I did not surrender
Would I be much better
What if the blade cut
Would it have shut
All these open doors
Would others be there
Would people still care
It is in these stars
I think of all my scars
Scars that cannot be seen
Scars that have always been
Christ has set me free indeed
Yet I still have this great need
Sin remains my fight
Even in the dark night
I have true salvation
But recall the abomination
That once was me
And looking back I see
That growth has taken place
As I tirelessly pursue His face
I cannot claim
That I’m the same
As the one I follow
I’ve my own sorrow
I’ve my own blemishes
Yet He finishes
The faith I’ve been given
Because He has risen
It is in my eyes
That I realize
That no amount
Of inner doubt
No what if thought
Could make Him nought
Even the worst me
Is loved endlessly
No matter how wrong
He makes me belong

Sitting on the rocking chair
With wrinkles and grey hair
Laugh lines and tear stains
Happy memories and growing pains
Yet when I look in my blue eyes
I see the dark and light I recognize
The ups and downs with which I am familiar
Yet in another’s eyes there is always something similar

I set out on the grandest journey of all
The journey to find myself and my soul
The greatest question: “Who am I?”
Makes the mightiest men cry
Makes the feeblest of men smile
This question of unknown guile

I journey through the paths of my past
A fear and a darkness that last
A faint shell lies in the rubble of the road
A skeleton lies there crushed by its load
I walk on through with many tears
I see a man lost in a forest of fears
As I attempt to leave it behind
There is a strong grip I find
On me compelling me to stay
Reminders are there telling me I’m okay

I sprint to the edge and jump off the mountain
I escape the past but I fall again
In the present I am still the skeleton of old
A shadow of a man that is far from bold
Madness has stricken me to doubt
Overwhelmed I shout
I need a break from my thoughts
Yet my display is all for nought

I fall asleep and see a picture
Something that I never knew for sure
A hope for a life of pleasantries
Seems so full of vacancies
Searching for someone understanding
But go further into this maddening
I ramble on about the secret of joy
Yet all still I only see this boy
How can they break through?
They need the God so true

I open the treasure chest so slowly
This has taken me an eternity to find
Since I was a small child I have been seeking
This journey has alone changed me
The child I am has a new mind
But will this discovery be to my liking?

The anticipation mixed with the fear of an end
Perplexed and intrigued my simple mind
At the start of my journey I had an army
Now I look and I see not even one friend
All have left and some were less than kind
Yet those are scars that now define me

As I look inside the chest it was what I feared most
The chest was empty, nothing but a shell
When I left for this discovery I was so sure
Now I sit dismayed, regretting every boast
Now there was nothing left to do but dwell
No one waited for me to return that was for sure

What have I done? Why was there no treasure?
When I left I felt so compelled
Yet this shows evidence that I was wrong
There has been no good, no pleasure
There was absolutely nothing of worth to be held
If this was the end, why did it take so long?
I crossed raging waters and climbed mountains
I suffered the cold and the heat
I was alone and I was lost
I never once found any fountains
Now I am broken and beat
And my hopes and dreams tossed

I stare blankly at the empty chest
I close it and dust it off from the ground
And in the mundane duty I still couldn’t see
That on the mighty journey I gave my best
Even when there was no one around
I was the one who saw the end of the journey

Yet I never realized this until I read
The writing on this small brown chest
It was etched in the side with care
And this is what those words said
When you your soul invest
It no longer matters what is fair
Because the road becomes true
Your path becomes bright
When your investment is in you
This is the treasure of the right



I fell down to my knees crying
I dropped the chest in the dirt
I finally realized the God of love
It took me a lifetime of trying
I went through so many moments of hurt
But then God came to me from above

He said to me in that moment in time
That I have so much I can invest
But I have the choice and decision to make
And in God I can give what is not mine
I can give the treasure in the chest
So that others a journey can take

Why do I want a partner?
Is it that I may be stronger?
So I don’t have to wait any longer?
Is the hole inside something larger?

I want someone to hold my hand
Someone my heart can understand
Pursuing a body is so bland
I am seeking something grand

Another being to be close to
To help you be a better you
When it doesn’t matter what we do
You look back and time just flew

I want that person to know
That I will help them grow
Through the rain and snow
Through the high and low

You see even if it is just me
I want conversations with tea
Conversations about more than we see
Conversations about being all you can be

Yea, I might be a little obsessed
And this I have confessed
But this is how I want to be blessed
But Lord, in Your grace I rest

If this is not from You
Remove this heart within me
If this is from You
Help me wait patiently

The water lies still at midnight
There is still the faded light
Of the full moon tonight
Yet the setting doesn’t matter
Cause you have me on a platter
My heart is just getting fatter
With all the sweet sentiments
And the lovely compliments
This is the greatest of accomplishments
To win a fine lady’s affection
God’s image in her reflection
And love becomes the infection
And you let it loose within your being
Cause there is nothing more freeing
Than letting God who is all seeing
Be in the centre of your romance
God leads you as you dance
The feeling lingers like a trance
Her soul brightens yours
And inside both your cores
You feel those open doors
The igniting of a spark
Eradicating the dark
You see love leaves a mark
Etched deep within the heart
Is where true love will start
And nothing can tear it apart