Love Abounds

Love Abounds

There is no better time than to start now
Let us not wait until the trumpet sounds
For we know every tongue will confess and every knee will bow
And with this truth our love abounds

Let go of your thoughts and trust with your heart
Those whispers of lies come from the darkest backgrounds
When left listening to those lies we are ripped apart
But turning to Christ in us our love abounds

Grace and Peace, we should desire these both
As our lives transform there is this rumbling on the grounds
This rumbling shakes us clean and begins a new growth
Oh, how with Grace and Peace our love abounds

I am because of the Great I AM
In the end, through adoption I am crowned
My protection is complete by Christ the Lion and the Lamb
And as we surrender our love shall abound

The more I choose to give God praise
The more I know I am no longer lost but found
We can truly play in our Father’s gaze
Knowing the more I serve the more my love shall abound

Sheepdogs of Rhythm ( A Poem to the Pastors of my Church)

God stirred your hearts to do what was right
To take all you experienced and church plant
Miami’s darkness was yearning deeply for God’s light
Jesus knew so he turned the answer to can instead of cant

The souls of the community deeply burden you
As each morning rises this is where your prayer starts
Much like a doctor tending to a child with the flu
With Jesus we know the only way to heal is through their hearts

You have listened carefully to the Sheppard’s command
As Satan desires to sift us as wheat
All alone his desire has us hopeless, as if in quicksand
But our sheepdogs of Rhythm keep us safe from that defeat

We hear of Pirate Island Theology
Oh and how our worship times mend our souls
Though you are apologist you make no apology
Knowing without a doubt Christ has conquered Sheol

Your desires and passions are rooted for this city
Christ shines through each of your talents and smiles
You love us whole to keep us from focusing on self pity
Our feelings, many times “Justified”, enduring our life trials

Each of you turn your hearts to God
Allowing the Holy Spirit to guide you
The acceptance that everyone, but Christ is flawed
Has empowered Rhythm these years of Divine breakthrough

There are problems and obstacles that truly reveal
That Rhythm is human and always in need
However, our Sheepdogs have no fear to pray, bow and kneel
For it is their number one desire for Christ Almighty to succeed

Next Breath

We take each one of our breaths for granted
Just as every single beat of our heart
Pretending we live a life enchanted
Not realizing our next breath could be the final depart

Living to be free and in peace
Is far from what we achieve
The busyness of our lives never seems to cease
Then with that last breath everyone chooses to grieve

Reconnect with souls from the past
Because fear of your last breath becomes real
Now you cannot even remember the last time you asked
If they would like to come over for a meal

Then someones next breath becomes their last
Our hearts skip as we remember their smiles
When we look at the years they have gone by so fast
OH! if we only knew how we have all endured many trials

No matter if our next breath becomes our last
With Jesus that breath will be with a calm release
Though they will mourn they will accept we have passed
Though broken and hurt they will say with no regret ” Rest In Peace!”