Hope

Leaves turning the pages of time Chronicling the passage of these moments Like the common detritus of all our lives Blowing into a whirlwind Round and round and round they go Where they will fall, nobody knows And into our darkness You step in to shine Your great light Though we are dark There is no darkness to You And though our bodies decay in time You are the healer and restorer of our souls You grant peace to the war-torn spirit And relief to the soul collapsing and faint from battle There is life Even in the most painful of places We are met by You in the shadows And lifted up to a higher place Where goodbyes do not seem like forever Merely as though waving farewell until tomorrow And these momentary struggles Are just passing sorrows Death is overwhelmed with life And pain overcome with joy -Kaylie These were my reflections when thinking on the scriptures - 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, 2 Corinthians 5:1-9 Written: July 11th, 2010

Mercy Through the Waters

I am not fond of any of my writing that rhymes, inevitably at some point I lose the rhythm, or the rhyme, and I'm sure this is no exception. But, I thought you might like these song lyrics.

In the deepest darkness
In the midst of scorching pain
You have been my brightness
You have been my rain

In the midnight hours
In the quietness so long
You have been my comfort
You have been my song

Nothing now, no nothing
Can withhold my praise
In the grip of winter
Or sunlight of my days

Joy will come with sorrow
When in You I dwell
Darkness cannot swallow me
Nor stand the powers of hell

Your love a mighty fortress
A shelter for my sleep
Sustains me through uncertainty
When my trust in You I keep

Precious, oh how precious
Your voice, Your loving ways
Fairer still than all my dreams
Or lips can ever say

What can I offer to a King
Who laid out the starry host?
Who holds eternity in place
Of Your greatness I will boast

Your Spirit drew my wayward eyes
Forgiveness took away
All the restless wandering
And gave my heart a home to stay

I cannot fathom fullest grace
That did bid me come
I cannot decipher all the plans
That You have long begun

Your beauty shames my waking eyes
A glory I cannot know
My guilt I cannot hide from You
But Your mercy draws me close

-Kaylie

Written: Aug. 3rd, 2010

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