http://beyondthesewords.com Poetry and songs for all those who are searching for life. The secret of life is "beyond these words" for it is found only in Jesus Christ. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:29:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why do we sing with our souls on display Knowing they can't understand? Why do we cry, broken hearts showing through Sure they won't offer a shoulder or hand? Why do we give when we know they will take it all Never intending to give of themselves? Why do we love those who never can love ... http://beyondthesewords.com/2010/07/24/why/ In darkness, all's impossible In light we're indestructible In strength we think we're powerful In weakness we give up In sadness life is worthless In joy it's worth the loss In success we thank God often In failure, we loathe the cost In storm we cry out for a Savior In tranquility push Him away In abundance we praise Him ... http://beyondthesewords.com/2010/07/24/in-all-seasons/ Here is a beauty that faded with time A sweet, fragrant blossom that fell from the vine A beauty left hidden by layers of pain A treasure kept hidden beneath years of shame Here is a shadow of a life once lived Of a storybook page now made just a blank Of a donor that's given ... http://beyondthesewords.com/2010/07/24/time-begins-unrevealing/ I'm trying to hold on to you But I'm dying to let go There's gotta be something I have to do To pay back what I owe I want this all to make sense in my mind But nothing does Can't wrap my mind around unconditional love Logic cannot stretch that far Logic, my permanent scar Since I was ... http://beyondthesewords.com/2010/07/24/logic/ Running Running Running from my past I wish I could run faster But it's catching up with me Running Running Running from my pain I know that it is gaining on me But it's so hard to see Ghosts in the night So I round the bend Hoping they won't find me in the dark I hold my breath Praying that the beating of ... http://beyondthesewords.com/2010/07/24/houdinis-hurse/ Night falls and the moon's so bright Far above me it illuminates the sky As I lie awake, you're tearing me apart Like a butcher's knife filleting my heart So I close my eyes pulling up the covers Trying not to realize I'll never be like all the others Who don't feel any pain And everything is ... http://beyondthesewords.com/2010/07/24/breaking/ Home is not a place Where everything is always safe Where peace and harmony unite And sorrow leaves no trace Where changing seasons bring no change Where doubt and fear can't come Where all of life is black and white And each day warmed by sun Home is not a house Full of rooms and beds and stairs With a ... http://beyondthesewords.com/2010/07/24/my-home/ Who wants to know Who wants to know The way, the way Well, here he is reaching out To rescue you from storms of doubt Yeah you know Him but you're lost ‘Cause you aren't resting in the cross And all it means Who wants to know Who wants to know The truth, the truth Well, here it is black and ... http://beyondthesewords.com/2010/07/24/the-way-the-truth-the-life/ Hand in hand with innocence We feel how great our influence Its purity is evidence Of more than what we're told The budding rose with fragrance sweet One instant crushed by wayward feet Its youthful beauty too soon greets The filth of earth and death of cold Wildflowers grow beside the rose They give her strength as up she ... http://beyondthesewords.com/2010/06/14/rubble-rose/ Where are you headed, may I ask And why are you running so fast? What are you trying to escape Love? Pain? Failure? Shame? Have you ever heard of One Who loves you now- no matter what you've done? Do you know He died for you And He's reaching out, reaching for you? You don't have to run You ... http://beyondthesewords.com/2010/05/04/you-dont-have-to-run/