You gotta be blue to bring the blues

 God wants humility

Ain’t no need for proud

When we need cares He stops and stares 

Our lives are cranked up loud 

He hears, He sees 

When our hearts are humbled 

‘Spose that means our hearts He cleans 

Means more than mouths are mumbled 

You gotta be blue to bring the blues 

To Him means everything 

To you and me, we just can’t see

Our alms are us we bring 

Pays to be blue to bring the blues 

Looks like your dues are paid 

Once thought evolved, now see revolved 

We ain’t evolved, we’re made 

Pick up that piece, crank up your voice 

He hears what all we do 

When you’re bringing  blues to Him 

Pays to be a lil’ bit blue

You gotta be blue to bring the blues 

To Him means everything 

To you and me, we just can’t see

Our alms are us we bring 

You gotta be blue to bring the blues 

To Him means everything 

To you and me, we just can’t see

Our alms are us we bring.

Psalms 51:17

My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;

a broken and contrite heart

you, God, will not despise.

Culmination

 Our whole lives lead to this point 

Each breath on earth preempted

Don’t lose hope, peer past the pope

Our Lord himself was tempted

On each turn a heart is beating 

Human nature’s force

He sees each run, knows all that’s done 

The One completed course 

See we’re not all, it’s all y’all 

We’re all up in His race

Mankind, some see, some blind 

All over time and space 

Each of us, through ages, have thought “it’s me”

Problem peering past self 

Til you’re faced with The One who shaped the sun

It dawns  you’re not on the shelf

If your heart beats, He’s using you 

He’s plans for you to follow 

He’s run the race, set the pace

Rock solid, others are hollow 

Others there are, all around just see 

Trying to pull you off course 

It ain’t God, truth be told, accuser of old 

If you fall get back on your horse 

God’s there to help you, Pick you up dust you off 

He’s done that for Israel for ages 

He’s crafty and cunning, racers keep running 

We see life is made up of stages 

Some stages are tiresome,  others are free

Are we missing information 

When all’s said and done, it’s His race  we’ve run

Christ is the culmination. 

Hebrews 2:18

Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

Proverbs 4:23

Above all else, guard your heart,

for everything you do flows from it.

The gift of time

 War is a waste

Our most precious gift

Lives of people so matter

To seek all it costs,  to line up the lost

Have to be mad as a hatter

Lay down your arms and sing 

Just set down your guns and sing

Your choice to be wise, your heart in God's eyes

He’s teaching us all to just sing 

What are we doing when we put our arms down 

To whom are we actually yielding 

To God and His way, this act will say

All lives are actually worth shielding 

Lay down your arms and sing 

Just set down your guns and sing

Your choice to be wise, your heart in God's eyes

He’s teaching us all to just sing 

Lay down your arms and sing 

Just set down your guns and sing

Your choice to be wise, your heart in God's eyes

He’s teaching us all to just sing.

Psalms 90:12

Teach us to number our days,

that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Live for others

 What I’ve  got today

I have for a reason 

May be friends, don’t know when it ends 

It’s all there for a season

Live for others 

Forget yourself 

It’s why we’re all alive 

Seems like passion 

It’s just fashion

Even what I drive 

Fashion is as fashion does 

We can make better choices 

I’ll live for you 

You live for me 

Cars can be our voices 

Live for others 

Forget yourself 

It’s why we’re all alive 

Seems like passion 

It’s just fashion

Even what I drive.

Max Headspace

 I’m here to tell you what you do counts 

There’s only these hours each day 

Priorities  move, outcomes improve 

Your brain sees a much better way

Choices abound, not all of them sound 

We really do reap what we sow

The drugs that you take the brain just can’t make 

Choice means More’n just high or low 

Limited space means limited time 

You think it’s eternal, it is

Headspace, however, is tied to endeavour 

We’re created to sizzle, not fizz

Sizzle we can, life is good as it is

No additive needed nor sought 

Live the life you’ve been given, see the car that you’ve driven

It’s a rental, it was long ago bought 

Bought we all were, blood was the price

Eternity harbours in hearts

Not just you and me,it’s a team won’t you see 

It’s greater than the sum of its parts

So do it for others, Your sisters and brothers 

They in turn do it for you

Live life to the full, sharpen don’t dull 

It matters, and the days are but few

Again what I’m saying is treat yourself good

Life’s precious, and people so matter

See yourself as fielder, catcher, or pitcher 

Truth is we’re all the next batter. 

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Consistent conduct

 Do what you can do 

Don’t give up, keep trying

Get up each day and trek along The Way

Go on and tell the truth if you’ve been lying 

Consistent conduct

It’s the way to live today

Consistent conduct

The Way to make life pay

As for shunning people 

It’s harsh but for the best

Some folks hold you, sit still and scold you 

For rocking their round-the-clock rest

Consistent conduct

It’s the way to live today

Consistent conduct

The Way to make life pay

Consistent conduct

It’s the way to live today

Consistent conduct

The Way to make life pay.

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

Warning Against Idleness

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive and does not live according to the teaching you received from us. For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any of you. We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate. For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”. We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies. Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat. And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good. Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them, in order that they may feel ashamed. Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as you would a fellow believer.

Youngest son

 Was Goliath David's neighbour 

They could see across the valley of Elah

What God commands He also hands 

His power to this ruddy, young fella 

Some things we can't question, take them as read

There's a chasm tween the old and the new 

Jesus, our Saviour, commands our behaviour 

Entire law is fulfilled with His view

Saul's a head taller, David's brothers were too 

They were warriors and older for a start 

Folks see appearance, God sees adherence 

He and He only sees heart.

1 Samuel 16:6-12 (NIV)

6 When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, “Surely the LORD’s anointed stands here before the LORD.”

7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and had him pass in front of Samuel. But Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.” 9 Jesse then had Shammah pass by, but Samuel said, “Nor has the LORD chosen this one.” 10 Jesse had seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to him, “The LORD has not chosen these.” 11 So he asked Jesse, “Are these all the sons you have?”

“There is still the youngest,” Jesse answered. “He is tending the sheep.”

Samuel said, “Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives.”

12 So he sent for him and had him brought in. He was glowing with health and had a fine appearance and handsome features.

Then the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him; this is the one.”

Galatians 5:14 (NIV)

14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Boundless being

 I once thought it was about me 

That I’s some kind of herald

The truth I see ain’t you or me 

We’re not the ones imperilled 

Jesus died, He gave His life 

Ultimate sacrifice 

He’ll come back down, most awesome sound 

His dead are first to rise 

Boundless being 

Boundless being 

Our eyes can’t see our souls

What we think is perfect 

Is still just full of holes 

Up in the air, all our air 

Can’t  grasp what we’ll be seeing 

Above the earth there is no dearth

We’re each a boundless being 

Boundless being 

Boundless being 

Our eyes can’t see our souls

What we think is perfect 

Is still just full of holes 

Thanks be to God, who doesn’t change 

He says our future’s certain 

If you still think it’s absurd to rely on His Word

Prepare for the fall of the final curtain 

Boundless being 

Boundless being 

Our eyes can’t see our souls

What we think is perfect 

Is still just full of holes 

Boundless being 

Boundless being 

Our eyes can’t see our souls

What we think is perfect 

Is still just full of holes.

Psalms 119:96

To all perfection I see a limit,

but your commands are boundless.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Things above

 Our old selves are gone now

Had a purpose, now no more 

A brand new start, we set our heart 

Above & through the door 

How is it that here on earth 

We think we see the real 

What’s really true is up and through 

New minds can break the seal 

What’s up above the gilded cage 

Up and through the plane

What does it mean, this higher scene

What do we have to gain 

I’ve got questions, nearly right words 

The intent’s not novel, not new

I’m simply swapping, it’s small but whopping 

Replace the word what with who

Christ is up there, Jesus himself 

He’s seated ‘cause His work is done 

In Him we’re hid, stay on earth God forbid

I’m amping to be with The One

Such a wondrous message 

Such riches to just let dwell 

Grateful to sing, teach who He will bring

The Way to heaven from hell

Lastly, my brethren, I beg and I chide

Don’t be consumed by the earth 

Put your thoughts higher, above all the fire 

Christ is your life and your worth.

Colossians 3:1-3

Living as Those Made Alive in Christ

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

Colossians 3:16

Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.

Don’t call don’t write

 Really,  it’s our business 

Focus, we don’t need something else 

We like our lives, no guns nor knives 

All told, His story tells

Don’t call don’t write 

Not black  nor white

Not joking,  just stay away 

Don’t fear your idols or your gods

You won’t get what I say 

It’s  like old Egypt when God told Isaac

Just don’t, my son, go down there

For if you seek, you’re up the creek

Rapids roar, they don’t care

Don’t call don’t write 

Not black  nor white

Not joking just stay away 

Don’t fear your idols or your gods

You won’t get what I say 

Don’t call don’t write 

Not black  nor white

Not joking just stay away 

Don’t fear your idols or your gods

You won’t get what I say.

Grassy lake

 

Early morning  mist

Can’t see past the dock

Done done the draw,  six hunters saw

It’s time to beat the clock

Going down to the water

Gonna jump down in the boat 

Going down to the water

Gonna jump down in the boat

Lookin at that old pirogue 

See if that old thang’ll float 

It happens each  morning 

After the draw is done 

It’s a trek through the trails, lit up with tall tales 

Bunch  of ole boys having fun

Going down to the water

Gonna jump down in the boat 

Going down to the water

Gonna jump down in the boat

Lookin at that old pirogue 

See if that old thang’ll float 

Look a bit deeper you might see the woods

A bit more occurring than fun

Just looks like a swamp, on the surface no pomp 

It’s passionately preserved by The One. 

Going down to the water

Gonna jump down in the boat 

Going down to the water

Gonna jump down in the boat

Lookin at that old pirogue 

See if that old thang’ll float 

Going down to the water

Gonna jump down in the boat 

Going down to the water

Gonna jump down in the boat

Lookin at that old pirogue 

See if that old thang’ll float.

Greater good

 Everyone has dreams

Not one to be discounted 

Just know each day strife comes our way 

As each strong steed is mounted 

Life is hard, It’s tough enough

‘Bout everything’s against us

The very air we breathe and share

Will have, in time, dispensed us

Turn us to dust we all return

We brawl a losing battle

If me is all, we’re weak and small

No better off than cattle 

It’s not just us, though, thankfully 

there is a God who loves us 

We house His Spirit, for those who fear it

we need a Hand, He gloves us 

Today you’ll see a chance for me 

In your neighbourhood 

Forget health & wealth, Forget self 

Serve the greater good.

High cotton

 You may think things are bad for you 

You’re sunk, all but forgotten 

Soon you’ll see, He’s setting you free 

You’ll be walking again in high cotton 

Walking in high cotton 

Sun shining on your face

Strolling through unhindered 

Have the whole run of the place 

Guests will come and see you 

You’ll greet with open arms

Face to face with boldness and grace

You’ll share all His goodness and charms 

Walking in high cotton 

Sun shining on your face

Strolling through unhindered 

Have the whole run of the place 

Walking in high cotton 

Sun shining on your face

Strolling through unhindered 

Have the whole run of the place. 

Acts 28:30-31

For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness and without hindrance!

Don't slip into Psychosis

 God's above the earth, He's above the Heavens 

He deserves our praise from all the heights 

He makes our sons and daughters, He uses all the waters

He Himself is praised by all the lights 

We should not be foolish, we should not compare 

Be wise, we are not the standard 

Paul obeyed the rule, others flattered a fool

Into psychosis slipped and then they slandered 

Glory in The Lord, He is Glory 

Praise The Lord, He's forever Friend 

He will not be moved, obey and be approved

Only One who matters will commend.

Psalms 148:1-4 (KJV)

1 Praise ye the LORD.

Praise ye the LORD from the heavens:

praise him in the heights.

2 Praise ye him, all his angels:

praise ye him, all his hosts.

3 Praise ye him, sun and moon:

praise him, all ye stars of light.

4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens,

and ye waters that be above the heavens.

2 Corinthians 10:12-18 (KJV)

12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. 13 But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you. 14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ: 15 Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly, 16 To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.

17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.