Higher than the Heavens

Higher than the heavens
Wider than the seas
Grander than the mountains
Is the Love who care for me.
Tender as a Shepherd’s touch,
Gentle as the rain
Softer than a summer breeze
Is the love that heals my pain.

When destruction threatens
All I value and hold dear
And my heart is crushed
Beneath the burden of my fears,
Save me, Lord! Oh rescue me!
Please show me what to do!
Cast out my sin and help me, Lord!
My only hope is You!

Higher than the heavens
Wider than the seas
Grander than the mountains
Is the Love who care for me.
Tender as a Shepherd’s touch,
Gentle as the rain
Softer than a summer breeze
Is the love that heals my pain.

When I am too weak to stand
Against the coming storm
Hide me in Your presence–
Keep me safe from death and harm.
My foes rejoice in victory
They think that they have won
Until they see Your presence
Give me strength to overcome…

Higher than the heavens
Wider than the seas
Grander than the mountains
Is the Love who care for me.
Tender as a Shepherd’s touch,
Gentle as the rain
Softer than a summer breeze
Is the love that heals my pain.

Fleeing from the shadows

Little girl, hiding in the shadows
Listening to the terrors of the night
Pillow o’er her head–wishing she was dead
Praying that the darkness doesn’t win….

Half-grown girl, living in the shadows
Trying to be “good” (not knowing how)
Afraid of what it means–the way her life has been
Afraid that she can never be made clean…

Wife and mom, still fleeing from the shadows,
While silently inside she dies each day.
Half alive at best–feeling different from the rest
But not yet understanding what it means….

There is a Light that drives away the darkness
There is a Hope that rises like the dawn!
There is a God who loves you–even though He’s seen it all.
He’s there for you and longs to be your friend….
You can begin again…..to live.