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Arising (Song of Songs)

Who is this arising like the dawn
as pale as the moon and as bright at the sun
as majestic as an army with billowing banners
she went down to the grove of walnuts
and out to the valley to see the spring
to see weather the grape veins had budded or the pomegrantes bloom
and before she realized it she found herself in a chariot with her beloved

Chorus:

Place me like a seal over your heart (x2)

For love is as strong as death
it's jealousy enduring as the grave
love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame
many waters cannot quench love, nor rivers drown it
if a man tried to buy love, with all his wealth, he would be scorned

Chrous (x4)


Besides Myself

In our fear in our pride in our confusion
we tend to loose sight of the conclusion
for we think that we know all the answers
but deep inside we are lost

and my father says I love you (x3)
can everything else fade away?

In our pain in our lives in our exploration
we cling to the things we can see
for we hold onto hope in each waking moment
instead of looking towards eternity

Yet our father says I love you (x3)
and everything else fades away

With this day with this life
we will glorify you
for your are the hope that's alive
and you answer our fear pain pride and confusion
you heal the wounds we cannot

When our father says I love you (x3)
everything else fades away



Before it so desires


He looks her way and she has nothing to say
for his gaze holds the truth

She holding fast to a love that won't last
he's here he's now, but is he true?

Do not awaken love before it so desires (2)

Reminded of what her father might say
she finally turns away

Now she's left with all of her fears
alone with her wasted tears

Do not awaken love before it so desires (2)

Dress-Up (to my brother)

Do you remember dressing up
like old ladies
rummaging through mother's hats
in search of something just right?

running across baseball diamonds
through forests
and between the waves
Crashing down to the shore,
picking ourselves up and leaping
back into the tide?

Remember those quiet adventures
in the backyard, dreaming of
lava monsters and people
beyond our sight?

Was it just yesterday that we
entered the world with lunch pails
and toothless grins?

Was it yesterday we played
101 Dalmatians and laughed for
no reason when mom and dad
weren't looking?

My arms ache to hold the
little brother I once knew
but I'm learning to appreciate
the man that you've become
and let go of growing up
amidst the changing seasons
of this life
we will never be too old
to dress-up
and remember.

unwilling to trust

Tears will come no more
my heart is run dry

the idols of this life
torn away
and self revealed
for what it so often is

lost
confused
disillusioned
afraid
unwilling to trust
in a savior
who gave it all

Restoration, Hope: Reaching the Modern Hagar and Ishmael

Hope you can make it! I'll be playing for around half an hour.


Saturday, August 8th
8-10:30 pm

Westminster Presbyterian Church: The Hiding Place
1100 Shasta Ave. (at the Corner of the Alameda)


Then he sent her away with their son, and she wandered aimlessly in the wilderness of Beersheba... But God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “Hagar, what’s wrong? Do not be afraid! God has heard the boy crying as he lies there." Genesis 21: 14,17


Hagar International reaches the modern Hagar and Ishmael to provide foster homes, education and post-trauma counseling to victims of human trafficking and extreme poverty in Cambodia, Vietnam, and Afghanistan.

Join us for an evening of music, coffee, and conversation to learn more about the realities of modern slavery and how you can help ministries like Hagar extend Christ's love and restoration to abandoned women and children.

Cost 5 dollars entrance--all proceeds will go to Hagar International.

Featuring local singer-songwriters : Verlene Schermer and Linnette Bommarito, Lindsay Ringer

my shells

I wrote this poem in the fifth grade in memory of my grandpa.


As I look at my shells,
I remember the sea,
And someone who was very special to me.
When I went to his house,
Right next to the sea,
We went looking for shells regularly.

His heart was loving,
As it will always be,
To every animal,
Including a flea.
I was his grandaughter,
And I could see,
That he was getting weak slowly.

I will always cherish those moments,
And ones to be,
When someone and me,
Walk along together,
By the sea.