Grace me to prefer Your voice Your peace Your provision Your strength Above All Else (knock-offs one and all) Grace me to prefer Your Good Way
Knock-offs
I Look To You
I look to You Bright One Light One Restore my heart Restore my soul Restore my mind I look to You Bright One Light One Healer Sweet Healer Of mine
Choosing
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good
Romans 12:21
New International Version
Today In the plain everyday nothing remarkable ordinary day of Returning something at the store Checking on an overdue order Confusion over the date of a program Driving I choose Will I Be Overcome by evil (and heave and sigh and roll my eyes and demand my way and demonstrate my selfish self interested disgust in a thousand tiny ways) Or Will I Overcome evil With Love Joy Peace Patience Kindness Goodness Faithfulness Gentleness Self-control Every day (in a thousand tiny ways) We choose (for better or for worse) We choose For me We choose For you
Whelmed
whelm
verb: engulf, submerge, or bury (someone or something).
noun: an act or instance of flowing or heaping up abundantly; a surge.
Over Whelmed by this Under Whelmed by that Over Whelmed by this Under Whelmed by that Over Whelmed by this Under Whelmed by that I pray (in its stead) Peace under you Peace over you Peace around you Peace throughout you Peace through you Peace in you Peace Breath them all in God Jesus Spirit They’re there for the asking (they are) Peace be unto you Peace
See
Oh Hey! I didn’t see you Standing there Wanting/waiting/wishing for Me to see You (standing there) I couldn’t Blinded as I was By who I Wanted you Thought you Believed you To be (or not) To be Such arrogance I repent I repent I repent
Dial In
Dial in Attune Your ears Your heart Your mind Your soul Your spirit To Me Follow Me In the big In the little My voice Is the only voice That matters Really
Guns
Da guns dey gotta go Dey gotta go Dey gotta go Cause Children s'posed to live S'posed to live S'posed to live Da guns dey gotta go Dey gotta go Dey gotta go Cause Going off to school To get shot To get shot Is wrong On every level Da guns dey gotta go Dey gotta go Dey gotta go And No amount of words and No amount of freedom Make 'em right Make 'em right Da guns dey gotta go Dey gotta go Dey gotta go Hunh
A Prayer for Mother’s Day
In May (the month of motherhood) Guilt and regret rise As I am reminded of all that I Didn’t do Didn’t see Didn’t hear Didn’t notice Didn’t respond to The ways in which I wasn’t Fair Kind Wise Loving Generous Enough Jesus I bring all that to you The whole hurtful mess of it You who are unshackled by time and space Heal Restore Make up for My egregious lack In Your strong name I bless my children (and my children’s children and and and) With Your healing Your wholeness Your love Your peace Your joy Your restoration Your life In Your strong name I pray Amen
Your Voice
What do You have in mind today Poppa (for me) What’s on Your heart That’s the most important thing (isn’t it) Your plans (not mine) The calendar is Yours to fill So In Jesus name I now silence every voice But Yours Yours is the only Voice I want To hear What do You have in mind today Poppa I’m listening To You
Oh Canada
Oh Canada I stand on guard for thee Be restored to Peace Kindness Love and Care for the least of these Your once welcome flag Tarnished now As raucous enmity Fills the air we breathe Peace be unto you Peace Peace be unto you Peace
Colleen R. Jantzen 