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Because I believe,
you are my bread.
You are my food,
my diet of heaven.

You are the manna in my mornings,
the fleeting flakes
that feed me with your life,  read more »

Our father, my father,
I come into your house
like a pauper to a palace
and you receive me with
open doors, open arms,
open heart.
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What kind of a king
is this?
I can live in the glow from
the brightening of your face,
I can bathe in your favour like
a rain cloud in spring.

I can sing  read more »

The wilderness calls.
I can hear the flap of its canvas,
feel the drought in its breath,
smell the baked bark of stone  read more »

I am an Egyptian
a long way from home,
travelling on an another’s journey,
following their dreams and destiny
with my service.

I am the one  read more »

To live
for the glory of God,
to know the freedom
of surfing the Spirit,
of welcoming wonder,
of embracing the day

is not just to top up  read more »

What is
the wisdom of God?

What is
the deep voice of Spirit
that was hidden for us
before time began?

It is not
the wisdom of man  read more »

Before you came,
before we knew you,
what did we expect?

A son of David,
a title that rings of
kingship and wisdom now
but then had become  read more »

You came
and I didn’t expect you then,
you needed me
and I wasn’t ready,
you’d invited me in
and I had to turn away,
you’d told me what to bring  read more »

I am not myself,
I am Christ raised on high.
I am not who I was
when I stumbled on sin and lost my way,
when guilt or fear kept
a close watch through the night,  read more »