To the tune of "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" (for my students) Do You Want to Go to the Office? Do you want to go to the office? Or will you get to work? We’ve got some learning to do now It’s classwork time, c’mon don’t be a jerk. We used to be best buddies, but now we’re not You’re getting on my last nerve! Do you want to go to the office? Or you can behave and stay out of the office You decide. Do you want to go to the office? Or do you want to stay and learn Be a productive member of our class Get skills that last, and my respect you’ll earn We could work together, or we could not And in the office they’ll make you cry Do you want to go to the office? Or you can be good and stay out of the office You decide. Listen can you hear me? I am talking to you You’ve been making some bad decisions now But you can change how Your behavior makes me think of you You can sit in the office until the bell rings Watching ...

I wake up feeling low, like I could do no right The candle's burning dimly, can't illuminate the night All mistakes and guilt swirling in my mind I just want to feel like I'm enough this time And so I ask myself What have I ever done to make you hate me so? Why do you not think I'm worth defending? Yeah, it's getting better, but sometimes I feel low Like I'm not worth the price Yahweh is spending Then I hear a voice, a whisper in my mind It says I made the choice to leave my life behind To put my faith in Yahweh and every Word He speaks And just because I do this, I become complete And the voice replies You have never done anything to make me hate you so. You're worth defending I died for you, you know I have faith in you, in all that you will be Simply because you've put your faith in Me. I don't for one second regret dying for you In you I've placed all Heaven, that you I can shine through You will be my glory, you are...

In a world where the blind lead the blind What responsibility have those of us with sight Can we choose to settle back and in the shadows hide Or shall we stand in front of crowds and let Yahweh's light shine? In a world unable to hear, can we show the way Allowing Yahweh's spirit to lead, lighting the path each day Or will we in the darkness cower, afraid we're not enough Not knowing that it's Yahweh's power working in and through us? But I will stand, though my knees tremble, knowing this to be true How can one to whom light's given keep the light from you? And how could I, loving my Father, and knowing what He's done Keep from Him the joy He saw when He gave his firstborn Son? So now it's time to step on out, no longer in shadows to hide No longer will I walk in doubt and hide the light inside For I have more than many people, the Word of Yahweh in me, And in showing it to these many people, I give them grace to see.

Narnia Peter took the sword, held it in his hand “Take your family and go” was the witch’s demand But Peter wanted more than just to be safe He wanted to be part of something really Great He was given a choice, he was given a Mandate He could shake his head and run Or in fighting he could stay But what if I’m just a boy, a child in my own eyes What if I cannot stand and win against the lies What if no one hears me or cares what I have to say What if I am just a child, not a King in any way I want to make a difference, but how could this be? That I can change the world and help to set it free. Susan took the arrows, the horn to make a call Gentle in nature, she could outshoot them all But though she cared so deeply, she wondered if she could Climb a mountain so steep and reign from whence she stood She was given a choice, she was given a Mandate She could take her life and run Or in fighting she could stay But what if I’m just a girl...

I am awesome Beautiful Wonderfully created Loved by my Father Glorious Walking out my purpose Faithful Joyful Free And confident My Father is pleased with me Because He has empowered me to please Him. Cassondra Shining before man. Just as I was called I am me!

I want to know that I am loved That no matter what I do or what I think Or what I feel or what I say I am unequivocally and irrevocably loved. I want to know that I'm important That no matter what happens around me I can make it better, make a difference Not with striving or struggling But just by being me. I want to know that I am valued That other people see the treasures that Yahweh hid inside of me And they want to make a draw on them, So they can have them too. I want to know that I can see That the way I see the world Is rightly aligned with the way the world is, The way Yahweh made it. I want to know that I can change the world That my purpose will be fulfilled to the fullest And because I've lined up with Yahweh, Things on Earth will never be the same And Yahweh's Kingdom will be a little more manifest In this natural realm. I want to know that, even if I make a mistake, Yahweh's got this. He saw before time the plans He laid out f...

Man used to live to be 900 years old. Now our days are but 120 years. But what if the human lifespan were only twelve hours? That by the time the twelfth hour rolled around, you were already like a 90 to 100 year old man or woman? What if you were born at 7:00 p.m. in the fall? Just as your mother was giving birth to you, twilight was approaching. Your first view of the sky held streaks of yellow-gold and purple, but it quickly disappeared, and your memory of that time is dim and vague. But by the time you were one hour old, the sky was already dark, a midnight blue with only pinpricks of lights therein. You are old enough, now, to wonder, to ask questions. Why do we live in a world of inky black with only small points of light to guide us on our way? Your mother, who is already middle aged by now, tells you that the pinpricks are stars and that there is a time when a greater star comes out and illuminates the entirety of the sky. The whole earth shines in its splendor and the sm...