Protection

I have carried you on eagles' wings and brought you here to me... Exodus 19:4b

I have carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you here to me
I have rescued you from certain death and then I set you free
I have given you my precious love; I’ve given you my song
I have made of you a precious stone; you are where you belong

I have led you through the shadow and I’ve lifted you from mire
I have saved your from disaster and I’ve brought you through the fire
I have carried you through sorrow and the force of Satan’s might
I have been your hope and mainstay; I have been your only light.

Rolf's Prayer

This poem I wrote for The Gatekeeper's Secret, the 50,000 word novel I wrote last November as part of a challenge called National Novel Writing Month. It's the prayer spoken at the funereal of the main character towards the end of the book.

Unseeing, he is seen.
Only in darkness is light.
Truth is found in the smallest places
The shadows we walk pass away.
There is a place where judgment is mercy
And nighttime becomes as the day.
He has been called away from life’s sorrow
Called to see the light.

The God of hosts speaks to his people
He calls them to His face
Our life here is a passing trial
A trial he has passed.
Memories will still live on
Among those who will stay
But what we must all know
Is that he sees the day of days.

Only with Christ can we find true light
Only in death do we escape night
Beyond the grave waits endless bliss
For those who have been faithful.

Unseeing we are seen.
Only in darkness is light
Truth is found in the smallest places
The shadows on earth pass away
There is a place where judgment is mercy
And nighttime becomes as the day.

Dreams

A dream is a beginning
A birth is a new life
Hope is going forward
--No matter what the danger
--No matter what the battles,
Forward in the night.


A beginning is an ending.
An ending is a start.
A day ends, and another
--Begins its journey onward
--To end as it began
From dawn into the dark.


A candle in the darkness
A hope in our despair
A dream in desperation
A song in the night air
A star in the stormy night
A shelter from the frost
A prayer when we’ve given in
A fight that’s never lost.

All I Live For

Please don't go, don't leave me here
'cause when you're gone, I'm lost in tears
You were all I had to love
And you are all I live for now.

Give me your hand and give me your heart
And give me a chance to be what you are
And give me my life and give me some hope
That I can love you true.

I thought you had always known
That we seemed wrought from the same stone
I don't know what I will do
Without you there to see me through

Give me your hand and give me your heart
And give me a chance to be what you are
And give me my life and give me some hope
That I can love you true.

Please don't leave me here alone
Give me one more chance before you go
You were all I had to love
And you are all I live for now.

Give me your hand and give me your heart
And give me a chance to be what you are
And give me my life and give me some hope
That I can love you true.

When Darkness Turns to Day

When Darkness turns to day
And the night time fades away
Then you know I'm here to stay
In your arms

When the sun is in the sky
And the stars are in your eyes
Then you took me by surprise
With your love

When winter's far away
And the springtime's here to stay
And you see the light of day
In the east

Then you know it's not a dream
And that it's all the way it seems
And there's nothing in between
You and I

When shadows come and seem to hide your face
When darkness falls and it seems there won't be another day
Remember that I'm here and here I'll stay
Together we will find another way

And we know that we'll be together
And we know that we'll love forever
'till the ending of all time
'till the darkness closes my mind
I'll be yours, I'll be true.