Unforgiven

Unforgiven
Will I ever be
The friend to you
That I used to be
Have my actions
Been engraved in your mind
No recourse
Or love to find
Did I love you too much
Or not enough
Was it something I did
Or left undone
Do I give up now
And let things be
And lose you
Until eternity
Unforgiven
Is where I stand
When it's what I did
And not who I am

A Century of Praise

To my Aunt Agnes: (Born March 9, 1907)

May the Breath of Heaven sustain you as long as your mission on this earth is yet to be completed. May the joy of Christ continue to surround you and His unending love embrace you. As your strength continues, as your love increases, May those who call you friend be ever so blessed. Your life, your years... What a testimony to the abundant and overwhelming grace of God.

I love you
Your friend, Ruby


All these years you’ve given me
How blessed am I
You’ve sustained me through so much
Given me Your wings to fly

Given me my daily bread
My health, my very breath
You keep holding me on the forefront of life
Sparing me from the cords of death

Now those I’ve loved
Who have spent their last hours
Were they not as blessed as I?
Your purpose, Your plan, my future, my hope
I still enjoy as the eve draws nigh

Every flower You’ve ever planted through me
Has blossomed and multiplied
This garden of mine has a beauty arrayed
And a fragrance so divine

So my days left in earthly service
Be they many or be they few
Lord, let every minute, every hour
Be an offering back to You

Judge me not

Judge me not though I have sinned
Let Christ be my judge
My deliverer
I have sinned not against you
But there you stand in your own righteousness
Apart from the mercy of God
And lay blame on my iniquity
Against Christ have I sinned
And only Christ, the judge, bore all iniquity and the cross
Again I implore you
Judge not
Lest you be judged

Let Christ not find in your vision
A log bigger than that of mine
Should I berate you for your sin
Lest it be any less than mine
Embrace not your own righteousness
For your own has been polluted by hypocrisy
Take hold of a greater perfection
Once and only once did Christ die for all sin

Needing

Needing a friend
Wondering if you're there
Just looking for a shoulder
Hope there's one to spare

Needing to be a friend
Telling you I'm here
In case you need a shoulder
One has just appeared

Needing more than just a friend
Wondering if it's right
Needing an end to the loneliness
Will I find it here tonight

Let me love again

Let me go, Love, let me go
Leave and let me walk alone
Break the weld that binds our heart
So in peace we now can finally part
Don’t take me with you in your death
If I, in me, have one last breath
I loved you, but a promise made
Has thus been broken at the grave
In selfless love, release me now
To maybe love again somehow
I’ll not forget you, Love, in time
I’ll save some room in this heart of mine
Just don’t ask me now to die with you
When my time on earth is far from through
I’ll hold you one more time, but then
Give me your blessing to love again

One more lamb

Today there's one less saint that sits in the pew
One less voice to sing
Two less hands folded in prayer
One less heart to honour the King

But today in glory, there's one more daughter
One more worshipper at the throne
One more voice in the choir of heaven
One more lamb in the Father's fold

Rest in His Time

Lord you’ve given me so much
Already I’m amazed
I would have been contented
With just Your mercy and Your grace

But in Your love
You’ve poured out so much more
Blessing and responsibilities
Greater things in store

You have taught me that I can’t cling
To anyone but You
And now he’s walked into my life
And I’m wondering what to do

Will he be no different
Than the ones that I’ve let go
Is there something, Lord
That I still need to know

I’m not doing this without You
Like I did the times before
Lord, let my heart discern this one
A closed or open door

I will pray for him for he is Yours
Right now he is not mine
And find me trusting in Your promise
And resting in your time