Category: New Work 2025

Long Day, Dusty Road, Heavy Load

It’s been a long day
tired feet
have walked
dusty streets.

I remember
another time
a different pair of feet
dusty from the road

In an upper room
Their master and friend
Our Saviour
Became servant of all
and washed those dusty feet

The friends he met
That night
To wash their feet

The One enthroned in majesty
Walked those streets
Lived, loved, laughed and cried
Until fear and pride

Flung Him wide
on Calvary’s tree
The grave could not hold Him
Rising gloriously from the grave
His people to save

The Heart of a Psalmist

Give me the heart of a psalmist
A voice to praise your name
I am sure
Life will never be the same

Give me the courage
to sing your song of peace
Proclaiming a year of mercy
To prisoners release

To those in fear’s dread prison
A chance to be released
For the poor and the lowly
To be invited to the feast

Lord I am not proud
Use me as You will
In my weakness and my strength
My heart and soul are yours still

When the path turns lonely
and the night seems long
greet me as I journey
In your company I’ll be strong

And when the journey is over
The work is then complete
I will take my rest
At your feet

Beckon Me On

Call me
beckon me on
where I belong

I’m not strong,
I’m shattered
Broken
Bereft
Left alone
By the force of the hurricane

People
say they remember
they never do
floating out of your life
as gentle as clouds
Scudding with the fury of the tempest

Lead me on
For Calvary
Silent and thought of as empty
A sign of defeat
Calls to me

My God
Mighty though He be
Gentle enough
To cradle me
In those outstretched arms
Hung on that tree

People’s promises are empty
My Saviour’s never are
They promise a new life
Loved into being
My life is not my own
It’s His

For no matter how faithless
Humanity is
I know
He is ever present
And I am safe
In His presence
Where I belong