Yahweh To be with You To please You To know You This is all I've ever wanted. And all things shall be added... You have given me the desires of my heart Just as You promised You would If I delighted myself in You, You, who are all I've ever wanted. Thank You. Yes and amen.

One time, Yahshua stood on a hill Overlooking the city He walked in, Lived in, worked in, played in, and He saw it And all of the people in it, those who did not know, And He was weeping, weeping for Jerusalem. Today, I stood in my classroom, The classroom I've taught in Worked in, played in, and I saw it, All of the people, who did not know And I felt like weeping, weeping for Jerusalem. There is a girl who thinks she is special Only when there is a boy to tell her so, A boy who thinks he's unworthy, Because no one has time for him, A girl who thinks it's her job To take care of her family--even though she's only twelve. And one girl has never even known what it's like To be safe and loved and warm in the night To her, what does it even look like to be free? She's never seen, she does not know. So I am weeping, weeping for Jerusalem Waiting, waiting for full redemption And as the bride I say, "Come!" Oh, Yahweh come! Come and...

Sometimes I feel like I am surrounded by enemies, dancing all around me Screaming Shouting into my head, into my heart In the mornings before school, And at night before bed When I can't stop thinking, can't stop thinking of all the mistakes I could make tomorrow, Remembering all the mistakes I made today, and yesterday, and the day before that one The times I screamed at kids, failed to motivate them, The times I didn't teach them anything or made them feel stupid And the enemy screams and shouts and pounds his drums In a frenzy And all I can hear is how awful I am And how I should quit and stop and leave and go And it's hard to hear the still, small, quiet voice of truth in my head, In my heart, Telling me what I've known all along, but forgot Forgot, forgot, forgot In the frenzy and pounding and screaming of the fears That tell me that I don't deserve to be here And what difference do I make anyway? But He just spoke to me yesterday, tol...

You are not a failure When that girl in the third row Argues continually with you About EVERYTHING Because she's never been told "no" in her life And had it really mean something And because every time she goes home to her mama And tells her about her day, You somehow become the villain in the story. You are not a failure When that boy you sat right up front Because he needed the extra attention and focus Puts his head down and sleeps Or explodes into a rage Or just sits there and refuses to do anything Because of something you sense going on behind the scenes But which you can do nothing about. You are not a failure When those girls in the back Whisper and giggle together While glancing at you And then say loudly how much they hate your class And wish they could transfer out. You are not a failure When that girl you love so much Cannot see the value in herself But can only find it in a boy Who is just a little older than her And seems to tr...

In poetry and parables, I speak more than just one Word The gift wrapping of mysteries In parables and poetry In parables and poetry I can give you eyes to see Read it once, come back again See it anew, alright, begin In poetry and parables, I with language frame the world Within, find healing for the soul For with My Word I've made you whole The dark storm rises, chopping fright Obscurity casts out the light And fear causes trembling from within But I have come to conquer sin The depths of longing swallow deep But I have promises to keep And I can raise a thousand sheep And find just one alone, asleep The heights of ecstasy can enthrall Leave you feeling ten feet tall With heart wide open you can see Your way home and back to Me. The depths of sorrow pull you down You gasp for air, so sure you'll drown But if you stop and look around You'll see I've always kept you safe and sound The poetry of life is grand I know, I shaped it with m...

Sparkle, shine, oh star of Mine Steadily light the way A star in the night is the promise of light The certainty of a new day Steady on, celestial one Let anointed trumpets blow Hear, oh ears, the resounding of years Let all the people know There is hope in the darkness There is rest in the breeze There is peace in the comfort of home There is truth in the speaking And silence in ease But My light shall carry you on Whether traipsing through sand Or rocky, hard ground And in walking on water, too There is something surer than what you have found Much deeper than what you can do Reality's strong under illusory earth What you see is not really what is But close tight your eyes and see with your heart A Truth that just cannot be missed There is peace in the battle  There's rest in the storm I've comforted, "Peace, be still!"  Take your eyes off the water The swirling harsh swarm I'm still sleeping, ...

To see beyond the surface Is one of the greatest gifts To delve the depths and scale the heights Of what you think there is To go beyond all knowledge And conventional wisdom Then bring to life what's in your sight To show Yahweh's Kingdom He makes beauty from the ashes But it takes some special eyes To see beauty in the ashes And in the darkness, light There is glory in completion But that glory comes by faith For only through redemption Can we learn to emulate That once we see what He saw Once we know what He's known all along We can be the Kingdom We can manifest right from wrong And once we've got a promise We shall keep and hold it tight For we see beyond the surface And bring the day out from the night.