Followers

Showing posts with label Lent Poems. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lent Poems. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

The Watch He Keeps

The maker of heaven and earth sees me
And hears my plea
Lost, I cry out and He comes to my aid
His power displayed

Secure I am held in His loving hand
Shielded I stand
He slumbers not, my Saviour never sleeps
A watch He keeps

He lifts His hand to hide me from the sun
A shade is spun
And when the cold moon casts its eerie glow
His peace I know

On battlefields He stands with me
We’re back to back against my foes
I triumph o’er my enemy
Defeated now no threat to pose

He watches over all my days
The sweat of work, the still of rest
He teaches me His gentle ways
His life in me each day expressed

Today, tomorrow - Hs promised word
A covenant He’s made with me
Throughout the heavens and earth it’s heard
Beside me He will always be

(Psalm 121)

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Triumphal Entry

Approaching the King and drowning in need
Waving our palm leaves for victory we plead
Weary of bondage and longing for peace
From Roman oppression we ache for release

He comes on a donkey, no symbol of force
Spurning our wishes, He follows His course
Peace is His highway, salvation His aim
By putting to death our sin and our shame
  
To dance on His highway, palms in our hand
Free and forgiven, this He has planned