Perfect Love Casts Out Fear (2006)

Perfect Love Casts Out Fear (2006)

I can see you, boy,
Though you can't see me.

Your body trembling,
Longing for one who will be with you.
Who loves you baby.

You thought you could escape it this time.
Hurt before.
Hurt no more.

Reaching out.
You reach out.
And pull away.

But I can see that you want it.
And I want you, too.

But fear binds the heart
Blinds the eyes.
You don't even know
That I want to know you
That I would love to know you.

Been wounded by love?
Don't trust it
Or hope for it.
Closed. Then hopeful.
Still closed. Then hopeful.

This dance is over.

Do you want to be found?
(Be set free.)

My love will be here.
Perfect love drives out fear.

Well, passionate brother.
Love your Lover.
If I offer myself to you
This is what I will do.
I will dance with you.
Forever. With you.
And only with you.

This time could be real.
Perfect love drives out fear.

Do you long to be found?
Then let yourself be found.
I am longing soul-ly for you.

Rainbows and Promises

Lamentations 3:21-66

²¹ Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:

²² Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.

²³ They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.

²⁴ I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him."

²⁵ The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;

²⁶ it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the LORD.

²⁷ It is good for a man to bear the yoke
while he is young.

²⁸ Let him sit alone in silence,
for the LORD has laid it on him.

²⁹ Let him bury his face in the dust—
there may yet be hope.

³⁰ Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him,
and let him be filled with disgrace.

³¹ For men are not cast off
by the Lord forever.

³² Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
so great is his unfailing love.

³³ For he does not willingly bring affliction
or grief to the children of men.

³⁴ To crush underfoot
all prisoners in the land,

³⁵ to deny a man his rights
before the Most High,

³⁶ to deprive a man of justice—
would not the Lord see such things?

³⁷ Who can speak and have it happen
if the Lord has not decreed it?

³⁸ Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that both calamities and good things come?

³⁹ Why should any living man complain
when punished for his sins?

⁴⁰ Let us examine our ways and test them,
and let us return to the LORD.

⁴¹ Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
to God in heaven, and say:

⁴² "We have sinned and rebelled
and you have not forgiven.

⁴³ "You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us;
you have slain without pity.

⁴⁴ You have covered yourself with a cloud
so that no prayer can get through.

⁴⁵ You have made us scum and refuse
among the nations.

⁴⁶ "All our enemies have opened their mouths
wide against us.

⁴⁷ We have suffered terror and pitfalls,
ruin and destruction."

⁴⁸ Streams of tears flow from my eyes
because my people are destroyed.

⁴⁹ My eyes will flow unceasingly,
without relief,

⁵⁰ until the LORD looks down
from heaven and sees.

⁵¹ What I see brings grief to my soul
because of all the women of my city.

⁵² Those who were my enemies without cause
hunted me like a bird.

⁵³ They tried to end my life in a pit
and threw stones at me;

⁵⁴ the waters closed over my head,
and I thought I was about to be cut off.

⁵⁵ I called on your name, O LORD,
from the depths of the pit.

⁵⁶ You heard my plea: "Do not close your ears
to my cry for relief."

⁵⁷ You came near when I called you,
and you said, "Do not fear."

⁵⁸ O Lord, you took up my case;
you redeemed my life.

⁵⁹ You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me.
Uphold my cause!

⁶⁰ You have seen the depth of their vengeance,
all their plots against me.

⁶¹ O LORD, you have heard their insults,
all their plots against me-

⁶² what my enemies whisper and mutter
against me all day long.

⁶³ Look at them! Sitting or standing,
they mock me in their songs.

⁶⁴ Pay them back what they deserve, O LORD,
for what their hands have done.

⁶⁵ Put a veil over their hearts,
and may your curse be on them!

⁶⁶ Pursue them in anger and destroy them
from under the heavens of the LORD.

John 15:10-12

¹⁰If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. ¹¹I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. ¹²My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

Psalm 33: 20-22

²⁰ We wait in hope for the LORD;
he is our help and our shield.

²¹ In him our hearts rejoice,
for we trust in his holy name.

²² May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD,
even as we put our hope in you.

Proverbs 30:8,9

⁸ Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.

⁹ Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you
and say, 'Who is the LORD ?'
Or I may become poor and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God.

Music Box

(me)

I worship you with all of my heart and soul

With all of my mind and strength, I worship You.

And I worship you--with my body, too.

And I'll lift Your name from the corners of the world.

And I sing to You cuz this is my love song.

And I'll lift Your name in all the earth.

And I'll dance with you cuz this is our love song.

And I'll share your fame with all the world.

I long for You like only a Longer could do

Cuz You're coming again to bring justice to the world.

As I lift my cry, You can see the tears in my eyes.

You're coming again to bring justice to the world!

And I sing to You cuz You are my love song.

And I lift Your name in all the world.

And I'll dance to you cuz You are my love song.

And I'll take your fame through all the world.

(the nations)

We long for You like only real lovers do

You're coming again for the nations of the world.

As we lift our cries, You can see the tears in our eyes.

You're coming again for the nations of the world!

And we sing to You cuz You are our love song!

And we'll lift your name through all the world!

And we'll dance to You cuz You are our love song.

And we'll praise your name through all the world.

(From the Lover)
I call to You --Cuz I'm coming again real soon.

I'm coming again to bring justice to the world.

I call to You-- Cuz you'll be my bride real soon.

I'm coming again for the nations of the world.

And I'll sing to you, cuz you are Our love song.

And I'll lift my name through all the world!

And I'll dance with you cuz you are Our love song.

And I'll take my fame through all the world.

I long for You like only a Bridegroom can do

I'm coming again to be the Husband of the earth.

And I hear your cries, I will wipe the tears from your eyes.

I'm coming again to bring justice to the world.

(me and the nations)

I lift my eyes--where does my help come from?

It comes from the Lord--He's the Maker of the earth.

We lift our cries--You can hear the groans of the earth

As creation cries out for restoration of the world.

Galatians 1:15,16, 10

"God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man.

Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ."

Ocean Sky

Tightrope walking
From here to there
Looking over the ocean
Stepping into the air.

So careful and measured
So seemingly rare
For one so free-spirited
Do you know if you're scared?

Take a breath of the ocean sky
Take a breath of the air
My great hand is guiding
And getting you there.

Psalm 37:3-7

Trust in the Lord and do good;
Dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Delight yourself in the Lord
And he will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord;
Trust in him and he will do this:
He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
The justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
Be still before the Lord
And wait patiently for him.

(from my favorite little ostrich...and from Jesus)

Cry

"Oh to lock minds with the intelligence of the Lord and to take fully hold of His creativity..."

~Sarah Weichhand