It is Time to Turn My Eyes

I say, “I cannot do this,”
He says “but, you can.”
He actually says you can do all things
through Christ who strengthens you.

I turn my eyes toward Him and

His Word for I know He has a plan.

It’s not one I can see right now,
But I know it’s in the works.
Because His Word says it is,
I believe His Word.

He actually says His Word was written to
“Teach, rebuke, correct, and train”
So that I may be “thoroughly equipped for
every good work.”

So, when I say “I cannot do this,”
And He says “but, you can,”
It is time for me to turn my eyes

Away from me and toward Him.

Hurts

pain of lonliness hurts
pain of having no vision hurts
pain of doing nothing ever hurts
pain of having no desire hurts
pain of being alone hurts
pain of not having friends to go eat with and laugh with hurts
pain of being by myself hurts
pain of not having anyone to go anywhere with hurts
pain of having a family but not doing anything together hurts
pain hurts
hurts pain
hurts hurt
I hurt

Till Death Do I Part...

I know my God is always near,
Truely I have nothing to fear.

No matter what is seen,
or may be nigh,
He's really no further than my side.

I will keep my eyes set on Him,
Not on the besetting troubles outside or within;
Or the unknowns of what tomorrows may bring.

Confusion trying to pry its way in.
No, bent toward Him is where I'll stay;
Only then can I really see,
His glory.

And to those things which try and keep me spent,
So I will walk dazed and be discontent;
Only to build resentment...
are those things sent,

To stuff down hurts, pain, and distress,
Hoping I will walk a "life of death."

These things I know are only lies,
To keep my eyes from gazing on the Prize,
To them I say goodbye.

I know He is with me, mighty and sure,
This is the truth that rings within
and causes me to endure.

To keep from the lies, I will come often to Him,
Stretching, reaching, with every thread within,

The truth of His presence, which is always near,
rings deep, deep in my heart,
This is the truth on which I will stand till "death do I part.",