SOVEREIGN
encouragement for those suffering from chronic pain
WORSHIP
Worship is a critical element of my daily routine. Here are some of my favorite songs and poems...ENJOY!
POEM
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Who Am I?
By Deitrich Bonhoeffer
Who am I? They often tell me
I stepped from my cell’s confinement
Calmly, cheerfully, firmly,
Like a Squire from his country house.
Who am I? They often tell me
I used to speak to my warders
Freely and friendly and clearly,
As thought it were mine to command.
Who am I? They also tell me
I bore the days of misfortune
Equably, smilingly, proudly,
like one accustomed to win.
Am I then really that which other men tell of?
Or am I only what I myself know of myself?
Restless and longing and sick, like a bird in a cage,
Struggling for breath, as though hands were compressing my throat,
Yearning for colors, for flowers, for the voices of birds,
Thirsting for words of kindness, for neighborliness,
Tossing in expectations of great events,
Powerlessly trembling for friends at an infinite distance,
Weary and empty at praying, at thinking, at making,
Faint, and ready to say farewell to it all.
Who am I? This or the Other?
Am I one person today and tomorrow another?
Am I both at once? A hypocrite before others,
And before myself a contemptible woebegone weakling?
Or is something within me still like a beaten army
Fleeing in disorder from victory already achieved?
Who am I? They mock me, these lonely questions of mine.
Whoever I am, Thou knowest, O God, I am thine!
Is He Worthy
My son actually has sung this at church a couple of times!
Waymaker
Such true pomises.
Come to Jesus
Hillary Scott & The Scott Family
Michael W. Smith
Sovereign Over Us (Live)
Michael W. Smith
Christ Be All Around Me (Live) ft. Leeland Mooring
Shane and Shane
Though You Slay Me (featuring John Piper)
POEM
The Descent from the Cross
Is this the Face that thrills with awe
Seraphs who veil their face above?
Is this the Face without a flaw,
The Face that is the Face of Love?
Yea, this defaced, a lifeless clod,
Hath all creation's love sufficed,
Hath satisfied the love of God,
This Face the Face of Jesus Christ.
Christina Rossetti
Rend Collective
Boldly I Approch the Thorn
Andrew Peterson
The Silence of God
Laura Story
Blessings
POEM
If I covet any place on earth but the dust at the foot of the cross, I know nothing of Calvary love. Amy CarmichaeL