Crimson Red

Crimson Red
That scarlet thread
That Blood so precious flows


I run and play
In the Red Clay
It sticks
It sticks
To my toes


Crimson Red
The Brow that's Crowned
With the Curse upon Mankind
You've taken it upon Your Head
It's on Your Head
Your Blessed Head
It's on Your Head
Not mine


Your ragged Body
Torn and Strewn
It hung
It hung
It hung


Your flesh it dripped
Your Human Skin ripped
And all the Incarnation See
And all the Incarnation See...


The carnage is all I see
The carnage is all I see


How primitive!
How obscene!


That we would need such atonement!
Ohhh we so proud!!
Ohhh we so stiffnecked!!
That we should need such atonement!


But down I look
My feet in the dust
My feet of dust
Down I look on this
Earth I tred
And all is dust
All is dust


The Clay is Red


The Red Clay it still clings
I shake it
I wash it off
But the Red Clay
It still clings

Oh Father I am indeed
The Savage
And for me
You cursed
Your Son
Yes
You cursed Him For me!


Oh Father, yes it is obscene
That Your Holy, Pure, Sinless Son became sin for me!


But how it isThat irony
That sweet irony
You write
You write the impossible
Out of things eternal
And make our gowns bright with light
You make our gowns bright with light
Our sins
Our sins
Hidden from Your sight
Jesus became the sin that I am
To make me become as Righteous
As the Lamb!

Instantly The Exchange Was Made
On the Cross
That Dreadful Day
Time shrinkwrapped Into One Event
That Blessed Gift
The Atonement
Everything that I am He became
Everything that He is I was made same

The Red Clay
It never leaves my feet
It covers me now
Yes, the Red Clay never leaves my feet
It
Covers
Covers
Covers
Me
Eternally
From
Head
To
Toe

SAND -- Inspired by Cayman's White Sparkling Beaches

I am but a mound of sand
Falling from my Savior’s Hands
Grain for grain
Strand for strand
My thoughts poured out
At His command

They flow like a Fount
Rushing
Through His Hands Divine
I ponder
I see
My life is His --Not Mine

I have already died my death
My funeral I have already seen
The life I Now Live Is not my own

It is
His Life
His Christ
Living
Within
Me

Eyes of Fire

Eyes of fire
Burning Bright
Eyes of fire
Pure, white light
No where to run
No where to hide
His Eyes burn away
All my sin and pride

Eyes of fire
Violently seek
Depths of my darkness
All my deceit

Jealous for my ragged soul
He pursued me to the Pit
Jealous for my putrid soul,
He relented not one bit
Jealous for my cursed soul,
He bled on the Cross
To
Make
Me
Whole

He bled to make me
Pure
Holy
Like Him
That I too, would blaze forth in glory
That I too, would be shimmering on high
Brightly shining
Like the fire in His Eyes

Morning Has Broken

Pillows of tears
Drenched and soaked
No laughter no smiles
All joy ...
"Revoked"

Ahh, but a stirring
A flicker of light
The yearnings of a soul
All things made right
All things made new
But what is this???
I can see Him now,
I can hear Him now,
I can know Him now,

Sweet Metamorphosis
Unspeakable joy
Indescribable bliss

Why? How? When did this happen????
I looked at my guilt-stained soul
Drenched in His Blood
How did I gain, when all I did was lose?
How was I restored when all I was, was devastated?

On what foundation have I stood,
That I should be washed in His Blood?

I thought I had to earn Heaven,
I Thought it would cost me!
But no!
It cost Him
It cost Him
Now I am set free!

In The Middle Of The Night

In the middle of the night
When there’s no one else around
In the middle of the night
My knees come crashing to the ground

Oh I’ve walked a 1000 miles
I’ve smiled a 1000 smiles
Been to Germany and France
‘Crossed that great Atlantic

I’ve roamed the mountains of Canada
Gazed ‘cross skylines in Manhattan
Shook the hands of dignitaries
Queen of England,
Thank you, very much

But in the middle of the night
When there’s no one else around
In the middle of the night
My knees come crashing to the ground

I rise to their thunderous applause
Sign my published books for hours
Confide in the powerful
Being the confidant
Of a country’s
President

But in the middle of the night
All that
Fades
To black

In the middle of the night
When there’s no one else around
Nothing
Not a sound

Only the washing of Your Grace
The seeking of Your Face
I fall
Down
Before You

All that fades to black
In the middle of the night

Put It Away

Put it away
All the rancor
Bitterness
All the anger

Forget
Every single word
Spoken against you

It matters not
Put it away

Treat them as if they’ve never, ever harmed you
Never alarmed you

Put it away

Remember to forget
Live to forgive

Put it away
Turn to Him

See Him hanging there
On the Cross
Suffering with You
Suffering for you
Every sin against you
He felt every one
And More

Put it away

Every evil you have done
He felt every one
And More

Hell, eternal punishment came upon Him

It shoulda been on you
Shoulda been on me

But He took our debtors’ sin
And He took our sin too

Put it away
Every single harsh word they’ve said against you

Put it away

Washed away
Washed away are all your sins,
Pride,
Arrogance
All your sinful darkness

Washed away all
He paid it all
You are washed free
All your unjust anger

Put it away
No matter if it’s a 1000x a day
Put it away

Call out to Him
Lord, cleanse me!
Lord, save me!
Lord, make me
Like You.