Post by MIRIAM JACOB on Dec 1, 2006 4:37:15 GMT -5
WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS
by K A GRAAF
You gave me the gift of writing
To put into words all that my heart holds,
I write down my thoughts, feelings
And about my journey
With the Lord as it unfolds.
The words spill out onto the pages
About all kinds of things I want to express
From my failures and disappointments
To my victories and success.
But I find it hard to put into words
Your Greatness, O God
You are truly Amazing and Glorious
Words cannot explain Your Majesty
And your Divine Holiness.
I try to search deep within to express
Your Wonder and Beauty
But the words to describe You
are escaping me.
Words fail because there are times
When I am speechless before You,
Sometimes I can only stand in awe
When I see the things You do.
There’s one thing I ask Lord
For You to do this day,
Pour Your grace upon me
And let me express what
My heart wants to say.
Help me describe and give me
The words to explain,
Who you are to me,
As I put my pen to this page.
You are a sweet fragrance
You are the air I breathe,
I am nothing without you
You are everything to me.
You are the blue sky
Your Love is like the warmth of the sun,
You are my Strength,
A safe refuge where I can always run.
You are my Protection
I am secure and wrapped
in Your feathered wings,
Your Wisdom and Knowledge
Is expressed in all Your created things.
I see You in the sun,
In the moon and the stars,
The Magnificence of Your creation
Only gives me a glimmer of who You are.
Why do I limit You?
When to You, there is no limit,
You are Mighty and do Marvellous works
by Your Powerful Spirit.
How could I be satisfied
with only a few drops of You?
When there is a whole ocean I could dive into.
I want to be drenched in Your love
and be completely emersed,
I am hungry for You
Your living water is the only thing
that quenches my thirst.
I have tasted a portion of you
and now I call out for more
of what You have given me.
I want more of Your love
Satisfy my restless heart
With Your joy and peace.
I cry out to you because You alone
Know my struggles and trials,
My heart is exposed before You now.
I am at the end of my denial
I know who I am and I know who You are
Without Your grace I am weak,
You are sufficient for me
You fulfil my every desire and need.
I have searched to fill my life with other things
but none of them ever satisfied,
They did not fill the emptiness
and the void I felt inside.
When I felt like I was falling,
I went to you in desperation on my knees,
You lifted me up from the pit
and set my feet on a rock
You breathed your breath of Life into me.
You are my Fortress,
my Shield and my Salvation.
By Your grace alone I stand
When I was afraid, You covered me
in the shadow of wings and reached out to me
with Your Mighty Hand
I was once so strong,
But now I cannot believe
How weak I have become.
I now depend on you O God, like a flower
Reaching for the Light of the sun.
I cannot go one day without feeling
Your Everlasting Arms upholding me.
Your words of Truth are my Light
in the dark when I cannot see.
How could I have ever lived
without Your presence?
How did I ever survive?
I was the walking dead before I knew you
It is You that given me this New Life.
I am still finding it hard
To write the words to express,
All that You have done for me,
How You have filled my emptiness.
You have turned my fear into Faith
You wiped away my tears
and put a smile on my face
You were my shelter in the raging storms
that I’ve had to go through.
There has been no one in my life
that has loved me the way You do.
You took my death
You took the punishment I deserved,
The gratitude I have for what You did for me
Is just too much for words.
You took the beatings and took
Every lash of the whip for me,
You did it so I could live
With You forever in Eternity.
What kind of God lowers Himself
to become like man?
What kind of God suffers and dies
with nails in His feet and hands?
What kind of God takes the insults
and lets His creation spit on Him?
What kind of God loved me so much
that He gave His only Son
as a sacrifice for my sin?
You are an Awesome God
who cannot be compared
to anyone or anything!
You are forever crowned Lord of all
and the King of Kings!
Your love is beyond my understanding.
I will never comprehend it all even if I try
But I will use the gift you have given me
and give You the glory as I write.
Maybe words will never be enough,
to describe the wonder of who You are,
You are Forever Faithful
How Great Thou Art!
Maybe the gift of writing can never explain
and I will never be able imagine
or be able to really conceive,
Your Power and Righteousness,
Your Holiness, Your Greatness
and Awesome Majesty.
I can only write and testify all that I know
in my heart and have understood so far.
Then the rest is up to the readers of my poems
to find out for themselves who You are.
I have understood the way to find You
is to fall humbly on my knees,
Your presence is always felt
When I am at Your feet.
There is no distance between us when I am there,
This is when You turn towards me
and intently listen to my prayers.
It is the times when I needed You so much
That if You didn’t catch me I would fall.
It is in those times I knew You were
Right there beside me, through it all.
I felt Your loving arms around me
Your Grace tenderly kissed
Each tear that fell from my eyes,
It was only you O God that helped me,
Through those difficult times.
Without you God, I don’t know where I would be,
Thankyou for the Grace and Mercy
Which You have poured upon me.
I am who I am because of my Lord
and Savour Jesus Christ.
Words are just not enough to express
What a difference He has made to my life.
(C) K A Graaf
withchrist.com/bellarosesgarden/?cat=16
by K A GRAAF
You gave me the gift of writing
To put into words all that my heart holds,
I write down my thoughts, feelings
And about my journey
With the Lord as it unfolds.
The words spill out onto the pages
About all kinds of things I want to express
From my failures and disappointments
To my victories and success.
But I find it hard to put into words
Your Greatness, O God
You are truly Amazing and Glorious
Words cannot explain Your Majesty
And your Divine Holiness.
I try to search deep within to express
Your Wonder and Beauty
But the words to describe You
are escaping me.
Words fail because there are times
When I am speechless before You,
Sometimes I can only stand in awe
When I see the things You do.
There’s one thing I ask Lord
For You to do this day,
Pour Your grace upon me
And let me express what
My heart wants to say.
Help me describe and give me
The words to explain,
Who you are to me,
As I put my pen to this page.
You are a sweet fragrance
You are the air I breathe,
I am nothing without you
You are everything to me.
You are the blue sky
Your Love is like the warmth of the sun,
You are my Strength,
A safe refuge where I can always run.
You are my Protection
I am secure and wrapped
in Your feathered wings,
Your Wisdom and Knowledge
Is expressed in all Your created things.
I see You in the sun,
In the moon and the stars,
The Magnificence of Your creation
Only gives me a glimmer of who You are.
Why do I limit You?
When to You, there is no limit,
You are Mighty and do Marvellous works
by Your Powerful Spirit.
How could I be satisfied
with only a few drops of You?
When there is a whole ocean I could dive into.
I want to be drenched in Your love
and be completely emersed,
I am hungry for You
Your living water is the only thing
that quenches my thirst.
I have tasted a portion of you
and now I call out for more
of what You have given me.
I want more of Your love
Satisfy my restless heart
With Your joy and peace.
I cry out to you because You alone
Know my struggles and trials,
My heart is exposed before You now.
I am at the end of my denial
I know who I am and I know who You are
Without Your grace I am weak,
You are sufficient for me
You fulfil my every desire and need.
I have searched to fill my life with other things
but none of them ever satisfied,
They did not fill the emptiness
and the void I felt inside.
When I felt like I was falling,
I went to you in desperation on my knees,
You lifted me up from the pit
and set my feet on a rock
You breathed your breath of Life into me.
You are my Fortress,
my Shield and my Salvation.
By Your grace alone I stand
When I was afraid, You covered me
in the shadow of wings and reached out to me
with Your Mighty Hand
I was once so strong,
But now I cannot believe
How weak I have become.
I now depend on you O God, like a flower
Reaching for the Light of the sun.
I cannot go one day without feeling
Your Everlasting Arms upholding me.
Your words of Truth are my Light
in the dark when I cannot see.
How could I have ever lived
without Your presence?
How did I ever survive?
I was the walking dead before I knew you
It is You that given me this New Life.
I am still finding it hard
To write the words to express,
All that You have done for me,
How You have filled my emptiness.
You have turned my fear into Faith
You wiped away my tears
and put a smile on my face
You were my shelter in the raging storms
that I’ve had to go through.
There has been no one in my life
that has loved me the way You do.
You took my death
You took the punishment I deserved,
The gratitude I have for what You did for me
Is just too much for words.
You took the beatings and took
Every lash of the whip for me,
You did it so I could live
With You forever in Eternity.
What kind of God lowers Himself
to become like man?
What kind of God suffers and dies
with nails in His feet and hands?
What kind of God takes the insults
and lets His creation spit on Him?
What kind of God loved me so much
that He gave His only Son
as a sacrifice for my sin?
You are an Awesome God
who cannot be compared
to anyone or anything!
You are forever crowned Lord of all
and the King of Kings!
Your love is beyond my understanding.
I will never comprehend it all even if I try
But I will use the gift you have given me
and give You the glory as I write.
Maybe words will never be enough,
to describe the wonder of who You are,
You are Forever Faithful
How Great Thou Art!
Maybe the gift of writing can never explain
and I will never be able imagine
or be able to really conceive,
Your Power and Righteousness,
Your Holiness, Your Greatness
and Awesome Majesty.
I can only write and testify all that I know
in my heart and have understood so far.
Then the rest is up to the readers of my poems
to find out for themselves who You are.
I have understood the way to find You
is to fall humbly on my knees,
Your presence is always felt
When I am at Your feet.
There is no distance between us when I am there,
This is when You turn towards me
and intently listen to my prayers.
It is the times when I needed You so much
That if You didn’t catch me I would fall.
It is in those times I knew You were
Right there beside me, through it all.
I felt Your loving arms around me
Your Grace tenderly kissed
Each tear that fell from my eyes,
It was only you O God that helped me,
Through those difficult times.
Without you God, I don’t know where I would be,
Thankyou for the Grace and Mercy
Which You have poured upon me.
I am who I am because of my Lord
and Savour Jesus Christ.
Words are just not enough to express
What a difference He has made to my life.
(C) K A Graaf
withchrist.com/bellarosesgarden/?cat=16