How I wish a piece of glass would be upon your brow.
How I wish I could look inside and see your thoughts somehow.

How I wish I could see your heart and know what lies in there.
How I wish its mysteries were exposed and just laid bare.

All the private thoughts and dreams are tucked away inside.
Packaged very neatly…how easy it is to hide.

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How do You determine, Lord, the answer to our prayers?
How do You discern, dear Lord, the ways to show You care?

How do You distinguish when the farmer prays for rain?
How do You answer the worried bride who asks for sun again?

How do You know what’s always best, and right, and good, and true?
Don’t You get annoyed at those who try so hard to be You?

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We sit and wait…the power on.
Everyone safe inside.
Kitchen clean…the dishes done.
No place to run and hide.

Popcorn made…pumpkin carved.
Seeds roasting by the fire.
Cell phones charged…shelves are stocked.
Reports say straits are dire.

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We pretend we have our gravity shoes
To keep us on the ground.
Living in God’s Kingdom
The world is upside down.

Everything you did before
Just turn it on its head.
My way or the highway
Becomes His way instead.

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We start out…oh so innocently.
First words upon our tongue.
Da-Da; Ma-Ma; juice, and ball.
Vocabulary still so young.

We grow up…talk in sentences.
Two words, then three, then four.
Our thoughts have found their outlet.
The key unlocked the door.

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Three little words to ponder anew.
As you focus…about to begin.
When you set to a task…when there’s still much to do.
Your motto should state: BE ALL IN!

Be all in your decision…your choices in life.
Not a foot on each side of the fence.
Straddling fences…a tiring task.
Choosing one side just seems to make sense!

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With pushing and pain…and urgency
A mother will labor, when due.
The joy and the tears are blended somehow
The baby will soon be in view.

One final surge…all of her strength
The head…now the shoulders are seen
Soon the whole child…born…alive on this side
Never telling where he has been.

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I looked among the packages
But couldn’t find You there.
I searched the malls and parking lots
But found that they were bare.

I looked inside my wallet
Knowing You would be inside.
But found that only money and
Cold plastic was inside.

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Call ahead seating…for seven please.
You’re just a bit early this time.
One half hour is all you need.
Ok…that will be fine.

Get in the car and drive there.
Wait to be seated and then
The waiter comes, he writes it down
With his fancy, colorful pen.

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We trust You, Lord, is our reply
When we really want to ask You why.
We stand upon Your strength and power
And lean on You in our darkest hour.

We know Your truth. It’s in our hearts.
But we ache inside while we’re apart.
We know the power of Your risen life.
But in this world we have much strife.

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