hymn of release

Release me from the bondage of my self
That binds with the chains of what I can not do
Embrace me with the freedom of eternal rest
That sends me seeking refuge within you

Save me from my own redemption
My attempts to fix my life by my own strength
Rescue me from my ambition
To gain the world without my soul's profit

beach haiku

Purple shell a-foot;
Waves, churning, crash it from reach.
Will it wash back midst sand?

hymn for the self-conscious man

grace wakes me in the morning
and my sin puts me to bed each night
when my lips open with singing
how can they close with spite?

i am not who i thought i was
i'm so much worse, i can't see what
there is to save or love

why do i mumble these words
that are just not my own?
for others to listen and not for
the only one who hears me..

i am not who i thought i was
i'm so much worse, i can't see what
there is to save or love

are these hands raised up
in praise my own
cause i don't know what
lifts them if not my unending questions

i am not who i thought i was
i'm so much worse, i can't see what
there is to save or love