Peace In This Place: A Poem

My sins You already know

And yet You call me to confess them so

I lay them down at Your feet

As I lay on the ground and weep

Your love is written across the sky

Bidding me to come and die

I’m only a sinner saved by grace

So give me the peace that fills this place

You came to earth and died

All I can do is constantly hide

A crown of thorns You did not pass

So all my sins You’d pay in their mass

Your love is written across the sky

Bidding me to come and die

I’m only a sinner saved by grace

So give me the peace that fills this place

Your law revives my soul

How could You die to make me whole

Your love was displayed on the cross

So all my sin could be counted as loss

Your love is written across the sky

Bidding me to come and die

I’m only a sinner saved by grace

So give me the peace that fills this place

Written: 10/2/2010

His Splendor: A Poem

© On Lincoln Drive

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His Splendor

The grassy fields and flowery meadows Show the peace of God when you rest in His shadows The mountains high and rolling hills Show the greatness of God when you follow His will So sing with all that you have For nothing on earth will ever last Store up your treasures on high Looking to the One whose coming is nigh The gentle breeze ruffling the leaves Shows the tenderness of God when we come on our knees The flowing river molding the rocks Shows how a lump of clay can become something that sparks

So sing with all that you have For nothing on earth will ever last Store up your treasures on high Looking to the One whose coming is nigh The deer dancing in the field Show the grace of God and what it’s like to be healed The sunset in all its array Shows the beauty of God when His love is on display

So sing with all that you have For nothing on earth will ever last Store up your treasures on high Looking to the One whose coming is nigh

Do You Build Walls or Bridges?

One of my favorite songs recently has been "Walls", by Derek Minor. I think that he nails a lot of the issues going on in our country right on the head. You can find the song on just about every music site; itunes, youtube, spotify, etc. Below are the lyrics for the song, and I would highly encourage you to look it up to listen as well.

[Chorus: Jordan Frye]
We build walls
All around us, all around us
Try to keep what we don't know
At a distance, at a distance
We don't listen

[Verse 1: Derek Minor]
Now if I stood on a corner and asked you for $2 for a Whopper
Would you let your cynicism stop you? Would it stop you? Would it stop you? I mean would you?
I mean we spend $9.99 on Spotify, but hearing my stomach rumblin', not worth a dime?
Not worth a dime? Not even one?
Look, or if I had suit and tie, maybe I’d be worth your time?
Only money on your mind, cuz we are so selfish
Jesus walked with the poor
Are we too good for that?
Kissing up to God in our prayers to get a promotion
To make more money and buy more things, that we don’t need
That we just buy to show off for the next guy and still feel poor inside
Still feel homeless as the person that we just denied
By the way, how have you treated the least of these?
Pride and money, are you a slave to them?
Cause you ain't gotta be black to pick cotton off a shelf of an
H&M

[Chorus: Jordan Frye]
We build walls
All around us, all around us
Try to keep what we don't know
At a distance, oh, at a distance
We don't listen

[Verse 2: Derek Minor]

Pray to God for the day that we can
Put our guns down and see Him in all of our faces
Can't you see with the hands of the master we made?
But we don't enjoy the creation of art on display
So blind when we look at each other
I don't want you not to see my color
See our differences are not the weakness
And in this puzzles we gon' need the master's master pieces
Feel like we all conceited thinking you'd be better if you was more like me
Not knowing it was God that made you more like you
Made in His image, we are all His kids
So if I look down on you, I look down on Him
I'm a sinner, you a sinner, what's the difference?
We all need love, joy, Jesus, and healing
We got a lot in common if we would just listen
Instead of building more walls, let's build more bridges
Let's build more bridges

[Chorus: Jordan Frye]
We build walls
All around us, all around us
Try to keep what we don't know
At a distance, at a distance
We don't listen