RELEASE
So much pain. So distraught. Relying on myself, all hope was lost. Tried to stand, on my own, couldn't face the hurt all alone. I wanted to rely on myself. I would give You my pain, but I would take it back. I was on a mission to deny myself. But you showed me mercy, and you showed me truth. I gave it up to you, and you saw me through. I give it up to You.BURN (a song about greed)
Weep and wail for the misery that's coming upon you. Your wealth has rotted, your possesions have decayed. Their corrosion will testify against you and burn your flesh like fire. Burn. Your flesh. Burn. Your flesh like fire. You have lived a life of luxury and self-indulgence. Sitting high on your throne, not caring for the others. The impoverished. Those in need. The unfortunate. Their cries you do not heed. Don't take your blessing for granted. He who giveth can taketh away, the fate of the selfish has been foretold. They will be cast out in their greatest time of need. So escape your fate and open your heart to othersBROKEN HANDS
An act of benevolence is recieved with malice. A hand is extended in altruism and taken back bruised, battered, and broken. The intention to do good is shattered. The compassionate are not always met with hospitality. Such is the way of this bitter world. But take heart, carnal adulation is not the reward for extending a hand in the name of God's love. What you have bestowed upon others, you have bestowed upon HIM. God will mend your broken hands. Your endowment for kindness lies in Heaven.Numbness blankets my mind, has apathy made me so calloused? The wall that seperates from love continues to grow. What is love? Answers have eluded me and doubts plague my mind. Why have I grown so cold to those I should care about most? Jesus reveal to me the meaning of affection, for I cannot love you if I cannot love others. I yearn for your prescence, fill my heart, show me love.
I sift throught the ashes of a broken bond. My trust has been destroyed by fire. Slowly I sink, weighted down by sorrow. Sadness is my sickness and desperate complacency overtakes my life. I have fallen down so far. My heart cries out. My heart cries out. My heart cries out. But I will rise. I will lift my eyes to the light of a new day. By mercy from above I will break the chains of my sadness, I will arise in hope, arise in joy. He will renew my spirit.
REFLECTION (by Matt H.)
I thought I found this love. I had the words on my lips. I had her name on my heart but I walked away. Crying until my mind bleeds with the thought of her. Crying until my heatt breaks again. Blaming myself, I stood there in silence. Take away my sight so I can forget her face, it hurts so much to reflect.SIN FALTA (by Matt)
pain. my heart breaks at the sight. coming up empty. my body pierced by daggers in the hands of society. I can no longer bear this. falling short. reaching out for your hand. I fall flat on my face. as I walk through the sinking sand and I think that I am all alone in my greatest time of need. I look back and find that there is two sets of footprints in this sand. then when I look back on times like these where I can hardly stand, these footprints aren't mine. Jesus carried me through, taking my pain.SOLACE
cries of sorrow from a broken man. unfeeling, I turn my back again. forgive me, for I was the one who drove the nails in the cross. my hands warm with blood of an innocent man. I look in the mirror and I know that I deserve hell but the bloodshed (of Christ) purifies me. You give me solace, You are my only hope.
