Desperate

 By Mark Bishop

I've tried to run my life
and tired of the strife
I turn now to you in desperation hoping you can free this soul

A sea of days at my command
They waste away kept in my hand
And fall to earth like so much sand paying idle's toll

Even intention good and right
Has no prevention in this plight
Instead it makes a weary man grasping for control

No matter the healing
No matter the fix
No matter the feeling
My life is hidden in Christ and he must make me whole

And No One Watches

Responsibility

Where Words Fail

By Mark Bishop

All I have to offer you is less than I can bare

how can I ever hope to match your gift beyond compare

If I righted all the wrongs I've done and set the captives free

still I would need you to die for me

For what can be given to the Lord above all things?

What song can be sung to him who gave me notes to sing?

If the sky were painted over with the vic'tries of our king

Oh the half would not be told

though the sun blot out and earth grow cold

no the half would not be told

What praises can I bring?

As God Redeems

 By Mark Bishop

Praise to God that He would gain
His glory from my guilt and shame

That simple lives he would redeem
and cast our gaze on things unseen

So when life tempts me to despair
I'll trust my future to His care

He beckons me and takes the lead
for Satan's arrow's shan't impede

The fallen light of morning star
Would show my heart encased in tar

But Christ has shown me light anew
I've come to find that this is true

From golden rays on Calvary
No shadowed form is cast by me

For life to full at last I know
No sin concealed, no shame in tow

Nothing But The Blood

Class of 2012!