shall not pass away.
The glory that You gave to me,
To them I now have given;
That so they may be one on earth
As we are one in heaven.
Do not, O Father, take them from
The world your hands have made;
But keep them from the Evil one,
From all that is depraved.
And teach them how to give their lives
That new life may abound.
In giving all they find our love
And in that love are found.
O Father, it is my desire
That all may live as one,
With You in me and I in them
So shall your Kingdom come.
GREAT CALM
I am filled with joy
that God loves you
with great competence
for my love is infinite
in clumsiness —
when I wound
He heals
when I damage
He restores
and you are always
in his hands
O great calm
O mighty God
O quiet joy
CHEERY THOUGHT ON A RAINY MORNING
if You didn't need to
but only made me
because You loved me
what an unbelievably
marvelous being
I must be
designed
by the One Lover
only to be
perfectly beloved
ALTHOUGH DUST
Although dust
I am loved
by the one
eternal
Son of the Father
just as intensely
as this same Father
loves his one
eternal Son
O mystery
O majesty
O wonder
that what we
in our wildest dreams
could not conceive
has been
by God’s own Word
quietly revealed
YES
save my wolves
and
save my woods
and
save my owls
but
every time
you
save a child
you save Christ!
‘AS YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER’
because You see
in me
the one Jesus
You proclaim
the one excellence
— His word —
wherein no spot
or wrinkle
of evil or mediocrity
may be
for even a moment
found tolerable
because You love
in me
your only Son
therefore must I
love my enemies,
forgive those
who nail me naked,
give to all who ask and be
pure of every whim
of lust as lovely woman
crosses my path
because You love
in me
— distorted though I am
from birth —
all the one Jesus
that I am
You long so
long so
long so patiently, gently
for me to surrender
me
