ALL THAT YOU ARE

I will bow
I will sing
I will stand firm in this race
For You are God
There is no other
There is none like You
You are Lord
You are Creator
You are the Lamb
Slain that man can be reconciled
I will cry out in my distress
I will cry out in joy and thanksgiving
For You are the source of my stregth
I will bow
I will sing
I will stand firm in this race
For You alone are God
Where else could I turn and live
Where else could I turn
Not to man
Not to woman
Not to the world in its corruption
Not to self in its deceitfulness
I will sing of You my Lord
I will tell of You my Savior
I will speak of Your redemption
I will forgive as You have forgiven me
I will stand firm in Your strength
Let these lips never be ashamed of Your name
Let this heart never turn from Your love
Let me never forget You O Lord
Let me never forget all that You are
To this man
All that You are
To this man

Angel Barreto

PRAYING FOR CHANGE

The polar opposites
Extreme to each other
Yet bound by the Creator
By His will
By His love
A sovereign God and His people
The Holy and the sinful
The Spirit and the flesh
Round and round
In and out
Back and forth it goes
The cycle of living and dying
Nothing changes
Yet the appearance is changed
By the perception of the heart
Heaven and earth
The Creator and the created
A separating in need of a bridge
A coming together of all that is and will be
Jesus died that we may live
The paradox of faith
The paradox of God
To hear of Him
To know Him
To experience Him
Believing in what is unseen yet sure
Trusting when all seems hopeless
Yet hope lives in the despair
To be a willing participant in His plan
The privilege of seeing His hand at work
The wonder of prayer
To find Him
To be found by us
To be known and sought
A mystery yes
But oh the wonder of Him
In our seeking
We will be changed


Angel Barreto