I wish I had

I wish I had hope
I wish I had peace
I wish I had a heart
to carry love to those in need

I wish I was sweeter
more gentle, and kind
but I'll never be
the perfect kind

Cause my hopes not in me
and my hearts not set free
I can't bring peace
when I carry a sword

My world is me
and my eyes are blind
to others who struggle
while I walk right by

I was born with this need
To love and be loved
But no one has filled it
So I lock the doors

I lock the doors
to my white washed tomb
I lock the doors
to this empty room

Pride is blinding
and anger imprisons
I don't know the difference
between rage and me

So I need a light
a star on the rise
A hill filled with stardust
to lift up my brow

One that provides
truth and redemption
and opens the door
to peal back my pride

I need a Shepherd
To lay down my head
and walk me by waters
That quiet my dreams

Cause It's not about a wish
A dream carried by wings
its about a truth
a prayer I can scream
A truth I can speak
to a God who will hear
He's reached down to save me
to carry my cross
That is eternal
That is a hope
A hope to hold onto
and never let go
He is my faith
He is my hope
He is the heart
inside me that grows

He makes me gentle
He makes me kind
He is the hand of help
that holds mine

Follow the light
Breath in the peace
Cause He is a Prince
and a King who won't leave

sun shines brighter

In the midst of the mundane and in the midst of the turmoil
The sun can always shine in your soul, flowers can blossom in your heart
If things are at peace, and no pain is hitting you, the sun shines then too
Today is a new day, it's a day to live, to make new dreams and provide more kindness
The clouds can't keep the sun away
So don't tell it it can
Take off your sunglasses and smile about today
Smile in the thought that you are alive
This is a gift, not a burden, this thing we've called life, it is a gift
already opened unwrapped and in your lap
Don't leave it outside and forget its presence
Don't hide it in a closet and let the shadows live your life
You are a soul who's all its own, and if we don't know you, there won't be another you to know
You are the first, and you are the last, let us breath in your nature
Let us look in your eyes and hold peace together
Because today is all we have right now
Take off your sunglasses so you can truly see the sun, there is no reason to shade it from your heart

The sun shines brighter when you smile

knowledge and art, science and the heart

All were made, all were formed
all uniquely, to the core
different gifts in little bags
that came with us
our first day, our first day to breath

I ran and climbed
and colored pictures
he sat and read
and never smiled
she swung and sung
about the autumn
and her eyes sparkled
for her Father
each of us revealing truth
about the God of the universe
none of us
the same are formed
but all of us uniquely born

I only ask one question then
to the God of the ancient sun above
what do you ask, of us
Dear Father
what would you hope we do
with all the gifts you freely gave
and love and grace so true
would you require that I sit
learn from books
and level my life on grades?
or would you say that I must go
to the ends of the earth
to ancient Rome and search
for every wise ones thought
and learn from history?

now would you mind
would you mind at all
if I were to spend my time
feeling the music
of my world
and bask in sunlight
and paint and read
and fill my head
with the heavenlys?
would you mind
would you mind at all
if I only travelled the world
and had no money
but only searched to know the souls
of those who roam
who roam in places I don't yet know?

I don't think You'd mind
You wouldn't mind at all
if I ran around and stood so tall
so tall that I could see
above the clouds and
and the American dream
and looked through all the fog
and found that truth was not in me
but it was found in You
its found in flowers and clouds
and sails, and babies eyes
with which we find sweet innocence
truth is found
in all the tales, the tales we tell our daughters
pirate ships and princess shoes
hold more than just a story
the tales we tell our sons
we've found mean more than
all we thought
its freedom and life
and love and feet
feet that take us anywhere
so Father, I thank You
for giving us our freedom
to live and learn the ways we do
no matter who we answer to
because in the end we'll all be answering to You