Category Archives: Hope

drown in the streams

Posted on by under Conviction / Doubt, God, Hope, Struggles

 


there’s a voice in my head muttering, “God, no”
there’s a voice in my head shouting, “i told you so”
and all of my choices have led me to this
imagine all chances i’ve missed
to make something of what i’ve seen
but i let hope get the best of me
i let hope get the best of me

and the truth is i can’t really see
what is or is not best for me
my deepest feelings
my secret dreams
love is the ocean
but i drown in the streams

all of my choices have led me to this
God, you know everything i’ve missed
when i let hope get the best of me

unguarded

Posted on by under Faith, Girls, God, Hope, Love

i stake my story on rumor of chance
if i am wrong i will fall and all break
for i know i’m ill equipped for romance
some guys don’t have what it takes

if every know that’s screamed in my ear
proves out to be the obvious plan
i’ll cradle the dream that i never did hear
i chose a lie and you chose another man

but david’s stone took goliath down
a bloody jawbone saved samson’s life
a baby boy wore heaven’s crown
so i hope you’ll be my wife

God is the God of what’s best for me
has He given me sight to see that it’s you?
or do i desire fruit from a tree
a dream best left untrue?

i write this like a man unguarded
drawn to danger, left to die
they say i’ll end up broken hearted
but for the sake of love i try

heaven

Posted on by under Faith, God, Hope

i wake in dreams and weep for joy
my sight no hope could hold
i see bright streets with crowds in song
the end of my road so long
and pierced hands pull faith from doubt
to lead a child home

no shame of self, no sad looks back
clear streams wash the past off of me
a new sun dawns the land in gold
a child is led home…

by pierced hands.

we will rebuild

Posted on by under Death, Hope

i’m struck by the beauty i now see in you
i’ve long ignored the red white and blue
has someone switched you in the night?
i see you new by the dawn’s early light

rubble and reasons that do not stand
life slips out of a grasping hand
planes that turn and terrorize
dry are empty, tearless eyes

we will rebuild
a peace taken by fear
we will rebuild
and we’re still here

under your colors that wave in the wind
we fight in a war we did not begin
a spotlight to shadows, darkness will flee
we bury the brave and we rally the free

over our shoulder we carry you on
we raise you high, plant you on lawns
our sorrow is strong, but so are you
the beautiful red, the white, the blue

cope with you

Posted on by under Girls, Hope, Sad

 


i hope you’re happy
no, really, i do
i’ll try pretending
that i don’t miss you

they call me a fool
and i can’t argue
they say i’m hopeless
i guess that’s true

there are lessons i refuse to learn
there are bridges i refuse to burn
as long as there is hope
i will cope with you

i paid for your flight
to see your boyfriend
i still don’t know why
but i’d do it again

you keep me up late
just to ask my advice
i’d do it for you
but you just think i’m nice

 

hope seems lost

Posted on by under Faith, Girls, God, Hope, Love


your kiss is sweet in mystery
to others, not unknown
i long to feel your softness
touch this heart of stone

like a whisper held in thunder
is my prayer under my tears
to keep me safe and searching
till you find me waiting here

it seems all hope is lost
but i don’t despair
i know God can hear my prayer

if we were meant to face our lives
together, hand in hand
then that makes clear emotions
i don’t yet understand

but i still seek the sun
here in my darkest hour
i will not test your love
on the pedals of a flower

unmistakable

Posted on by under Faith, Girls, God, Hope, Love

it’s quite foolish of me to say
i have even hope to pray
for a miracle greater than splitting the sea
for God to drop her in love with me

but David saw giants and gathered some stones
Samson, surrounded, had just a jawbone
Daniel survived in that dark lion’s den
don’t get me started on Gideon

you have the power, you have the plan
you know the rib missing from each man
so i ask, Father, make her mine
if she’s not, send me a sign …unmistakable

she is bright lightning in my sky
heaven sent, sure, but why
for the beauty, the awe, for me to see
or to destroy like skin to electricity

i don’t know if she’s good or bad
just the best hope i ever had
oh how i want her, i have no chance
but, God, You can give me romance

someday

Posted on by under Faith, God, Hope, Struggles

i say someday
i pray someway
i’ll be the one i’ve always claimed to be
i’ll be a slave who knows what it’s like to be set free

so i say “someday”

i don’t know – maybe tomorrow
you’ll show me – where i need to go

but, God, in my own little world
where all i can see is what You haven’t done for me
i don’t why You just dont reach down and say
“my child, here’s the way”

so i say “someday”

i pray someday
i’d follow your path
i’d stick with you
but i guess only You know what i’d do

someday i pray
You’ll give me a love

cause God in my own little world
where all i can see is just how lonely i am
i don’t see why i have to spend these days
just come down and be with me

but you say someday
You say One Day

map on a wall

Posted on by under God, Hope


i was walking
(walking through a mall)
looking at the map
up on the wall

then there is was
to calm my fear
a little yellow star
and you are here

then i knew
i wasn’t lost because
i knew right
right where i was

oh – if it was so easy
to find – where i should be
where’s the map to point me
through this reality

i was talking
(talking to the girl)
she was smiling
queen of my world

i dropped her hints
she let them fall
i looked for
the writing on the wall

cause i don’t know
and i don’t wanna guess
can’t you tell me
if she will say yes

in my dreams

Posted on by under Girls, God, Hope


God gave me these eyes I stare at you with
He sent me a faith that I often miss
God gave me these arms, so empty, I reach
He gave me this mouth, i refuse to speak

licking my lips, i look at the sky
will i carry this burden until i die?
my thorn is the flesh, stinging so sweet
i always fall down at your feet

it’s your very existence that makes me struggle
is my hope from God or from me?
it’s the sun on your face, or even the moon
i close my eyes to see you, in my dreams

God granted me breath that i waste on wishes
He sent me a peace that I fight
God gave me this mortal mind that lets
your face keep me up almost every night

You sing a song of love on the way
with wisdom on loan i advise you to pray
maybe God will show you what to do
maybe He’ll tell ya i’m in love with you

it’s your very existence that makes me struggle
is my hope from God or from me?
it’s the sun on your face, or even the moon
i close my eyes to see you, in my dreams