From Ashes to Glory

You have journeyed with me

through the span of time

from Ash Wednesday

to Resurrection Sunday

I have compiled the daily psalms

into one volume, now available as 

From Ashes to Glory

come find the holy with me

psalm 47

psalm 47

so this is it, all the prayers

worries, waiting, over

finished, rivers of tears

mingled with praise

bowing low, hands raised

awestruck again

He has risen, just as He said

one act, never seen before

changes everything forever

love unharnessed, profound

takes me deeper, lost

in Jesus, the only way

to be found

psalm 46

psalm 46

the silence of waiting 

is deafening, here

in the in-between

almost afraid to breathe

are You Who You said You Are?

will I stand alone now, forever

the loss of Your presence, fresh

raw, my heart torn wide

the future veiled, I see

only memories, grasping nothing

hope slips fast away

morning will come

the promise of Your glory

but for now, faith trembles

psalm 45

psalm 45

so dark this day

we feel the weight

thousands of years

and each year new

the gift given 

from despair 

and abounding love

an impossible choice 

was set before You

and You selected death

to give us life

so dark this day

where glory dwells

psalm 44

psalm 44

this world is upside-down Lord

deaf to Your Word, blind 

to Your mysterious ways

and I, a stranger here

choose to see with Your eyes

hear with Your ears

feel with Your heart

carrying Your pain

and theirs as I come humbly

into Your loving embrace

psalm 43

psalm 43

You set me on a high place

solid, stable, sure

my feet, heart, my mind

so prone to wander fixed 

where no enemy

can move me, Your hand

open, awaiting my grasp

all else may crumble

everyone else may turn away

reject me, despise me

push me toward dismay

or faltering faith

while You wait, hand open still

to move me higher

where the air grows thin

but thick with Your presence

inhaling deeply all that is You

and all that I need

psalm 42

psalm 42

all creation exists

by You, for You

and I as well

to honour and adore

to sing with the stars

the wind, the waves

hymns of mysterious joy

choruses of endless praise