Steady this hand
As it hovers over this paper
Guide it O Lord
Don’t let it go astray
May every stroke
Each flourish
Point towards You
And to nothing else
As the ink flows
From the pen to the paper
May Your Spirit flow
Through me to the world
Your Words forged the first ray of light
Gave life to every living cell
They are filled with Your amazing power
Let every word I write come from You
Thorns under the skin
The wounds that cut the deepest
Careless words from friends
Like a waterfall the words flow
Tumbling out of my heart
There is no force that can hold them back
Nothing can contain this urge to create
The desire burns inside me
My heart glows like a hot iron
Passion pumping through me – my life blood
Every day it burns brighter
So I place my words on a boat
And push it off from the shore
I feel my heart lurch as they float away
Knowing they are gone forever
A brief moment of respite
And then back to the coal face
The passion is still there
There is much work yet for me to do
Glimpses of the Greater 