Content my soul to be

Content my soul to be
Constantly desiring of thee
Displace all the me
For which I should cling

And give everything
To my hope and King
I have no other assurance
Than He

For though I oft
Proud and inwardly
Sinking also in
My sin

He hath paid it
He hath purified
The soul beyond
Control

His life
Become
My own

His heart
Replaced
The stone
In me

The Rock
Upon which
My new foundation
Stand

Cannot be shaken
Amidst the drought
And storms about

He will not fail
He shall pravail
And so may I
Remain

In gladness
In joy
Acceptance
Employ

In me
A servants
Heart

To see outside
The world within
And beyond

To all the world
Around
The lost so
Desperate

To be found
To give
An ear

To listen
A prayer
A pause

To lean in
There and not
Mar the moment

With my own
Melodies
For love
In silence

Does much
And I desire
To make much
Of it

If this to please
My Lord alone
I desire such Love
For my own

Oh God
In my broken
Estate

Give me
Strength to follow
Faithfully

Yet still
When faultering
As I do

Most daily
Yet still awake
My soul to rise

And look up
Mine eyes
To see

Your glory
Lies on the
Wings of
The dawn

You have done this
It is complete

So now grant me
The faith to see
That I may
Also turn
To Thee

-Joshua Lee Foist

The Divined Valentine

Now within this mirror we see
That of which we hope to see
And that of which we may
Yet be

Yet still amidst it's plain reflection
Truth reveals a poor estate
We are far worse than we think
And more loved than ever
We imagine

Who could love us
Such as this
Who could rejoice
Over us
As this

Only He
The master creator
He who knows us
Deeper than we
Ourselves

And it is plain
When He calls
Us by name
To come

His words are peace
And kind in their release
From worry and pain

All the facades
Of this life to gain
Are worthless

To that gracious
Refrain:
Do not fear

Oh, sweet child
I am here
And I love you

Because you are
My own
And most precious

No matter what ills
This life may come
And what pits
You may befall

Within and without
Beyond doubt
I am here

I am with you
And I will guide you
In the course
You should take

Though you may at times forsake
Never shall I leave you
Never shall I fail you
I am faithful

And always I shall remain
So in this day
Of celebration

Feast on me
Who am love
Itself

There is no
Greater than I
And I do

So desire
For you
To trust
In Me

-Joshua Lee Foist