CROSS MY HEART

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET,
A WAY TO BE BLESSED?
DO WHAT I DID
AND SPEND MORE TIME WITH GOD.
I DARE YOU TO GIVE JESUS
MORE TIME TO HIM
THAN YOU DO
TO YOUR FAVORITE THING.
ME?
I TURNED OFF MY TV.
I WAKE UP,
LISTEN TO PRAISE AND WORSHIP SONGS,
SINGING ALONG,
BUT ONLY AS LONG AS NO ONE ELSE IS AROUND.
I KNOW MY SINGING IS MUSIC TO YOUR EARS,
LORD,
BUT, HONESTLY, I'D RATHER JUST PLAY MY FLUTE.
I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF EMBARRASSMENT IN MY LIFE,
PEOPLE TELLING ME THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE ME
BECAUSE I HAVE WAY TOO MUCH DRAMA 
IN MY LIFE.
EXCUSE' MOI'.
LIKE THAT'S NEWS TO ME.
OKAY, THEN I'M GOING BACK INTO MY 
OLDER WRITINGS
AND BACKING THEM UP WITH SCRIPTURE,
STUDYING THE CONTEXT
AND MEMORIZING THE VERSES,
EVEN THE ADDRESS,
JUST SO YOU KNOW I KNOW THE BIBLE.
AND THE MORE TIME YOU SPEND WITH GOD,
THE MORE TIME YOU WANT TO SPEND WITH HIM.
SOME DAYS I JUST CAN'T SEEM TO GET ENOUGH.

IS JESUS YOUR FRIEND?
IF HE IS, HOW CAN HE BE YOUR BEST FRIEND
IF YOU DON'T SPEND TIME WITH HIM,
GET TO KNOW HIM BY STUDYING HIS WORD,
GLORIFY HIM AS WE WERE MADE TO DO?
WHATEVER YOU ARE GOING THROUGH
WILL STILL BE THERE,
BUT YOU'RE HEART WILL SOAR ON WINGS.
IF YOU SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIM.
DO YOU WANT TO BE BLESSED,
FEEL JOY IN THE MIDST OF YOUR HURT,
YOUR TEARS
AND YOUR BROKEN HEART?
THEN WORSHIP HIM,
AS I DO IN THE MIDST OF THIS HURRICANE
AND HEARTACHE.
YOUR HEART WILL SHOOT UP INTO THE SKY.
CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE.

ISAIAH 43:18-19

FORGET THE FORMER THINGS,

DO NOT DWELL ON THE PAST.

SEE 

I AM DOING A NEW THING,

NOW IT SPRINGS UP.

DO YOU NOT PERCEIVE IT?

I AM MAKING A WAY

IN THE WILDERNESS

AND STREAMS

IN THE WASTELAND.