Saturday, February 2, 2013

My story

My story                                                                                          

My story, my song, let me praise my Creator
all the day long; constant, deeper and deeply

in love with the depths and intricacies of the story;
praise to its Author, receiving His assurance, most blessed.

Let surrender become a way of life,
life becoming praise – walking, talking,

living, breathing exaltation!
God created Existence for each one of us! 

Separately unfolding before our senses.
This is my holy moment under the sun,

my incredibly crooked story, my off-beat,
out of kilter song, a gift from God! 

Awed and humbled, marveling in the joy,
enduring the suffering and returning praise –

the one gift I might offer God and fetch
the closing words, last page, final chapter.

O child of God, love the Story-teller and love the story
without attachment to outcomes, trajectories and purpose.

Jesus in disguise

Jesus in disguise

'They are all Jesus in disguise',
Mother Teresa said.
Let love unveil your eyes.

The streets echo their anguished cries.
The diseased, the dying the dead --
'they are all Jesus in disguise'.

No sin or ignorance justifies
the sacred blood they've shed.
Let love unveil your eyes.

Those grieving and agonized
suffer His fate in our stead --
'they are all Jesus in disguise'.

This realm eternally crucifies
His flesh of wine and bread --
let love unveil your eyes.

Those I will cast out no wise
for whom the Father's pled.
'They are all Jesus in disguise'.
Let love unveil your eyes.

                 (Unpublished)


                                                 Drawing by Rich Panico

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Song link -- It all comes back to You

It all comes back to You

G                           D                           C                                G
when the dust has stilled my tongue   no more songs to be sung
G                           D                           C                                G                       
I’ll serenade the Timeless One             it all comes back to You
G                              D                           C                                G              
when my eyes have closed for good     I’ll look to You like I always could
G                           D                     C                              G
everything will be as it should     it all comes back to You
C                             G                D                     Em
Sometimes this ol’ life is hard, seldom letting down my guard,
C                             G                      Em           C#m7     D
let Your love be my sole reward, it all comes back to You.

Chorus:
C                      G                     C                                          G         
every fear and desire               in this dream I thought was true
C                             G                   Dm           C          G
burned away in the fire             it all comes back to You       

G                           D                           C                                G 
in this journey I’ve been on          I’ve been weak and I’ve been strong
G                           D                           C                                G  
good or bad, right or wrong          it all comes back to You
G                           D                           C                                G
life with You has been richer than    anything I could’ve ever planned
G                           D                           C                                G 
still it’s slipping right through my hands     it all comes back to You
C                             G                D                     Em
when this old life gets hard,      I hold to You and I play my part,
C                             G                      Em           C#m7     D
let Your love be my sole reward         it all comes back to You.

(Chorus)

G                           D                           C                                G 
when they lay me down to rest       I will leave without request
G                           D                           C                                G 
I loved You, Lord and I did my best    it all comes back to You        (Chorus)