Copper Coin
Thursday 8 November 2012
Signatures on the Shore
Friday 16 March 2012
Bicycle Ride
One foot up sends one foot down the pedal
As I ride into the early hours of day
The sun light laces the horizon
As a new day breaks a night of yesterdays
All around I see few sleepy faces
Some bright as the sun, some lost in gloom of nay
They ask me “tell me if there is a better tomorrow
Where we’ll be no longer slaves or faced to shame
Tell me if I’ll live a day without the harrows
When I’ll sing a happy song with you in the rain”
We see others just as we see colors
Some we care, and some we cannot bother
But life is more than those pretty faces
There’s more to care as we perceive the need to share
Don’t nip the hopes of another budding story
Every flower takes time to bloom and bring some cheer
This is a time to wake better tomorrows
Where there’ll be no slaves or faces down in shame
There will be those days without the painful harrows
When we’ll sing together riding in the rain
To every picture, there’s a story told
To every life that breathes is a God who watches over
One foot up sends one foot down the pedal
As I ride into the early hours of day
The sun’s light has chased the darkness
Into another day of grace, I’ll ride today :)
Tuesday 8 November 2011
Welcome from afar
Calloused hands just brings a tear,
Hoping for a cloud beneath the blue
At the brink to tarry without a clue
Like the morning light in the dead of night
welcomed from afar
Like the portrait in an artist's mind
Welcomed from afar
Like a piece of wood in a craftsman's hand
Welcomed from afar
Is faith promising the Father's Plan
welcomed from afar
He was the least of the weakest clan,
For Gideon God did have a plan,
He hadn't seen rain to know from where it came
Only Noah's ark saw the light of day
A galling thought can quench the spark
That feeds on persistence to last
Being sure of the unseen,
Is faith that rests on weakened knees
This song was inspired by Hebrews 12:13 " All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance..."
Tuesday 25 October 2011
Arms Of Christ
He sighs this calm wont be long,
His faith stops at a broken wall
When will his unseen fetters fall
Give him a reason for the skies,
Show him the hands where the world lies,
If we don't rise to hear his cries,
When will he see the arms of Christ?
Hidden chains hold her arrest,
Fear defeats her freedom's quest,
Her yesterdays haunt today's unknown
How long will her justice condone
Give her a reason for the skies,
Show her the hands where the world lies,
If we don't rise to hear her cries
When will she see the arms of Christ?
His are the hands that healed the sick,
That bends the bow and breaks the shield,
Yet pierced by nails so we could live,
And share the joy of liberty
Give them a reason for the skies
Show them the hands where the world lies,
If we don't rise to hear their cries,
Wen will they see the arms of Christ?
This is a song I wrote to encourage the church to take a stand against human trafficking and get involved in rehabilitating victims of human trafficking (child labour, bonded labour, sex trafficking)
Wake up!!! Smell the Coffee
To walk, to talk, to guide you,
To see what lies ahead,
To make it over the hedge,
To keep you from slipping
To pick you up if you falling
Wake up!!! smell the coffee
Faith is the key, get on your knees
Wake up!!! smell the coffee
Straighten you back, move your feet
Wake up!!! smell the coffee
Take a stand, move beyond your dream
The sky stares bare above you,
each star an easy picking,
The world is spread before you,
each step a history making,
Look out the clock is ticking,
the ground beneath wont start moving
Gather the corn when its still ripe,
Sharpen the rod when its still hot,
mould the clay when its still wet,
don't wait for the sun to set.