LOSING MY DADDY

My precious Daddy doesn’t have long as I pen these words …

DAYBREAK

Chorus

Very soon I’ll see You

Face to face we’ll be

Your love will then embrace me

Your pure expression I’ll see

I’ll be able to touch You

Look into Your beautiful eyes

Then finally the longing will leave

From this heart that often cries

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Oh! The sun is shining

It rose so perfectly

Grey clouds no longer lingering

As the storms of life depart

This daybreak has been waiting

For earth’s final breath to cease

And all creation stands and sings

As two eternal lives, they meet

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Very soon I’ll see You

Face to face we’ll be

Your love will then embrace me

Your pure expression I’ll see

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The palette, so sublime

Red, orange, golden rays

On such a glorious morning

The birds begin joyful tune

Petals, they stare lovingly

Toward the Giver of life

Before the hustle and bustle

I venture from darkness to light

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I’ll be able to touch You

Look into Your beautiful eyes

Then finally the longing will leave

From this heart that often cries

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One day we’ll meet again

No pain, no tears, no fear

Across the vast ocean of time

We’ll hold hands and see the King

That hollow within our hearts

Forever sealed with His word

Will be filled to overflowing

Brand new, in love, bound with His praise

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Chorus

Very soon I’ll see You

Face to face we’ll be

Your love will then embrace me

Your pure expression I’ll see

I’ll be able to touch You

Look into Your beautiful eyes

Then finally the longing will leave

From this heart that often cries

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SILENT WORDS

I have no more words to say

So, I just sit and hold your hand

Listen to your breathing

And hope you understand

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How much I’ve always loved you

And as I feel your touch, so soft

Yet lifeless in response

Memory reels soon waft

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And they’re just a gentle sense

I cannot grasp each emotion

Joy, tears, trials, blessings

Love through generation

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And entwined within each grasp

Our tapestry hangs in life’s show

From babe till seated here

Each memory does flow

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Each stitch illuminated

Separate; but so sweetly joined

Interlaced with God’s grace

Only just now revealed

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And I know this connection

Will blossom for eternity

Once we walked changing paths

Now praise God, we are three

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REMINISCING

Each breath, a gift from God

Inhales as time is gently fading

Exhales soft mist into creation

A forest cries out in jubilation

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Longing eyes readjust

As clarity laps near my presence

The edge of youth, till old age frail lack

In the distance, silver essence turns black

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And the forest young dance

And sing and frolic with bounding glee

Till life happens and energy dims

Echoes of beauty suppress aging limbs

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What is this thing called life

We watch as our loved ones sadly leave

Waiting for that surreal last breath

Mourning, rejoicing with those who are left

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FAREWELL SONG

I see a white swan

Gracefully spreading its wings

Leaving the confines of earth

Heading heavenwards as it sings

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The beauty of flight

Embracing the flow of love

All cares, sorrows left behind

It points north to Father above

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As the pure feathers

Rise further through falling snow

Time stands still, and then salutes

Faces recognized fade below

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And only this swan

Can know its impression left

Melodies now lost in time

Upon beating hearts left bereft

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© 2023 Liana Wendy Howarth

CHRISTMAS FOR THE BROKENHEARTED (A Song of Hope)

Chorus
When no-one calls to wish you a merry Christmas
When no-one’s there with you to share
When love is elusive, a long time a-coming
Come unto Me and know My care
Oh! Just come unto Me anytime, anywhere

Calling all who have no-one to trust
Calling all who have lost joy’s hope
Calling all whose friends have long gone
There’s a Christmas for the brokenhearted
No more will love be hidden, departed

Chorus
When no-one calls to wish you a merry Christmas
When no-one’s there with you to share
When love is elusive, a long time a-coming
Come unto Me and know My care
Oh! Just come unto Me anytime, anywhere

Never give up when you’re alone
Never give up when your heart’s cold
Never give up when sadness calls
Never give up, I won’t give up
There’s a Christmas for the brokenhearted
No more will love be hidden, departed

Chorus
When no-one calls to wish you a merry Christmas
When no-one’s there with you to share
When love is elusive, a long time a-coming
Come unto Me and know My care
Oh! Just come unto Me anytime, anywhere

Bridge
Oh! Even when the snow it falls
And settles upon your life that’s stalled
Look past the fragile side of the season
Know that you are loved
And that I am the reason
Yes, know that you are loved
And that I am the reason

Chorus
When no-one calls to wish you a merry Christmas
When no-one’s there with you to share
When love is elusive, a long time a-coming
Come unto Me and know My care
Oh! Just come unto Me anytime, anywhere

© 2014 – present Liana Wendy Howarth

WONDERFUL GIFTS FOR ALL AGES … Christmas, Birthdays, Encouragement … Song Lyrics, Poems, Journals

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HIDE ME IN THE PASTURE OF YOUR LOVE (A Song for Those Who Have Lost Their Way)

Of all that the Lord has given me to place before you, this has to be one of my favourites. I pray that it will bless you sweetly and speak to the very depths of your heart. He is our Shepherd. We are the sheep of His pasture and He loves us more than we can ever know.

To those who don’t know Him, please don’t wait another day to receive His gift of salvation and eternal life. To those who are wandering, seeking fulfillment, peace and happiness along your own path, don’t wait another day to hearken unto His call. Come unto Him. Now. He’s calling your name. Cry out, audibly or silently from a broken heart and He will answer. There is nothing to be afraid of. Let go. Let God. Your life will never be the same.

HIDE ME IN THE PASTURE OF YOUR LOVE
I’m just a little lamb Lord
Who’s lost its lonesome way
I’m just a little lamb Lord
Went out in the world to play

Chorus
So I come before You now Lord
In the pasture of Your love
Hide me in Your arms Lord
Hide me in the pasture of Your love

My heart is beating fast Lord
There’s danger all around
I’m just a little lamb Lord
Bleating desperately to be found

Chorus
So I come before You now Lord
In the pasture of Your love
Hide me in Your arms Lord
Hide me in the pasture of Your love

Strayed once too often, now all alone
In fields, uncertain and oh! so cold
I’m just a little lamb Lord
Forgive me and bring me into Your fold

Chorus
So I come before You now Lord
In the pasture of Your love
Hide me in Your arms Lord
Hide me in the pasture of Your love

I see You now Lord, Your arms are open wide
And tenderly You lift me
This little lamb’s now by Your side
I’m just a little lamb Lord
A little lamb, now with a peaceful heart
I’m just a little lamb Lord
Now safe knowing we’ll never be apart

Chorus
Oh! I stand before You now Lord
In the pasture of Your love
You’ve hidden me in Your arms Lord
I’m hidden in the pasture of Your love

© 2013 – present Liana Wendy Howarth

I Wait and Wait … and Wait

I wait.

For an answer.

To prayer.

The path before me divides.

Which path to take?

I have lifted the need in prayer.

I could go forward.

But I will sit.

And wait.

And trust.

A door will be opened.

In His time.

In His time only.

Just trust.

So I wait.

But Lord ….

I need the answer now.

I don’t have the time to wait.

Something has to be done now!

But still I sit.

And wait.

And wait.

Then one day  ….

A different solution arrives.

It’s easier.

It answers my problem.

And I didn’t have to do a thing.

Just trust.

And wait.

And not take the problem out of His hands.

It’s done!

All I did was wait.

And watch.

And believe.

And wait.

An answer always comes.

And it’s always the best for me.

Because He loves me.

And I love Him.

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From “Fragrance from the Spring”

WAITING

“Wait on the Lord

Again I say wait.

In Christ, we find patience

To wait on the Lord

 

Onward Christian soldier

Nearer to Him we be

 

Tell the brokenhearted

He died for you and me

Ever faithful, everlasting

 

Lord, in Your radiance we live

On Your promises we believe

Render to each a measure of faith

Dearly beloved, a treasure to Thee”

 

IN THE HEALING NAME OF JESUS

In the healing name of Jesus
I declare that you are loved and free
I declare that all has been given
Crowned and set in godly liberty

Your sins are forgiven
Your fears, cast out and drowned
All pain He has taken
You are now safe and sound

In the healing name of Jesus
I declare that you’re a child of God
I declare that you’re not forsaken
That He goes before you’ve even trod

Sickness, it’s no longer yours
Don’t claim it
Don’t say it’s my sickness
Don’t take ownership of it
It’s not yours
Jesus took it all upon Him
And by His stripes you are healed

But my body, it hurts
My mind confuses me
How can you say I’m healed
When healing I can’t see

I’m so tired, I’m so weak
But He says you are strong
So why don’t I feel strong
Do you know you belong

Do you believe you’re loved
Do you believe you’re saved
Do you believe He died
That your sins have been waived

His word is ever true
He is true to His word
His word is true in you
And Jesus is that Word

In the healing name of Jesus
I declare it by Isaiah’s words
I declare it by Peter’s statement
By listening, and what I have heard

That what God said is true
The stripes of Jesus heal
Nothing impossible
Truth revealed in His will

Oh Lord, open their eyes
Oh Lord, open their ears
Open locked prison doors
Dry all their hidden tears

You’re healed my dear sisters
You’re healed my dear brothers
Declare ‘It is finished’
Love God, self, others
Believe Him totally
Nothing more He can do
Miracles, call them forth
He’s done it all for you

There’s power in your tongue
Speak life, speak life, not death
Praise Him daily, worship
He’s given you new breath

Healed, healed, whole and free
Jesus has given you the victory
Say, you’re healed, whole, and free
Even if you don’t see it yet
You have the victory
Sing in that victory

© 2021 Liana Wendy Howarth

Isaiah 53:5 ” But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.”

1 Peter 2:24 “Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”

JUST REST IN WHAT I’VE BROUGHT YOU THROUGH (SONG LYRICS)

Lord, I’m feeling overwhelmed
So many thoughts confound me
Deliver me as You said You would
Please forgive my unbelief, and me

Chorus
Just rest in what I’ve brought you through
Oh! Child, just rest, you’re free
The burdens I’ve delivered you from
I’ve exchanged, and given you Me

Lord, I still feel the battle
The fire grows hotter each day
So how can I stand much more of this
When I’m empty, nothing left to pray

Chorus
Just rest in what I’ve brought you through
Oh! Child, just rest, you’re free
The burdens I’ve delivered you from
I’ve exchanged and given you Me

Then suddenly I see light
Illuminating my words
It’s not what I am feeling oh no!
They’re lies on wings of wandering birds

I see all that You’ve given
And the depths You’ve drawn me from
At last I understand what You mean
I must rest in our Father’s Kingdom

Many storms have passed me by
You’ve sheltered me completely
I’m sorry Lord, I tend to forget
About them, when a new one I see

Lord, may Your love embrace me
Help me forever let go
Help me rest in all You’ve brought me through
Cradled in peace, I’ll go forth and sow

I’ve struggled to win the fight
Projecting calamity
Living in what might, just might happen
Instead of joying in liberty

Chorus
I’m resting in what You’ve brought me through
As Your child, I rest, I’m free
Burdens now gone, I’m delivered
Believed , received, and in You, I see me

© 2018 Liana Wendy Howarth

PLEASE HUG THEM (My Prayer And Song For All Who Are Going Through Extreme Trials)

I dedicate this precious song to all who are trapped or feel like they are trapped in circumstances beyond their control. Particularly, surrounding the virus atm. I think of any areas of natural disaster, abuse, addictions, hunger, thirst, loneliness, homelessness, unemployment, sickness, loss of loved ones, any situation where you’ve lost all hope …

PLEASE HUG THEM (for those who are hurting)
Tears are welling up inside
I see so much around me
Turmoil, sadness, unbelief
Too much for this heart to see

Children crying, some dying
Hunger, thirst, poverty
No love given, no love there
Vacant eyes stare distantly

Chorus
There are so many hurting
So many feeling hopeless
So many lost, abandoned
Sick and dying
And I’m too far away
So all I can do is pray
God, please hug your loved ones
Those in need, today
Please hug them Lord in Jesus’ name
And take their pain away

Women lost without their homes
Men despair without income
Families torn, separated
Floods, fires and storms make them numb

Watching death take victory
Among them that are so close
Feeling left behind and worthless
Overwhelmed by each new dose

Chorus
There are so many hurting
So many feeling hopeless
So many lost, abandoned
Sick and dying
And I’m too far away
So all I can do is pray
God, please hug your loved ones
Those in need, today
Please hug them Lord in Jesus’ name
And take their pain away

Bridge
Hug them as they’ve never been hugged before
Hug them till love opens heaven’s door
Hug them till their knees lower to the floor
And with joy they praise and adore

So that is why I cry now
And stand before You broken
Release them from emptiness
Let Love be heard and spoken

All Your creatures are groaning
And nothing can stay the same
Daily there is tragedy
Lord, reveal Your great Name

Chorus
There are so many hurting
So many feeling hopeless
So many lost, abandoned
Sick and dying
And I’m too far away
So all I can do is pray
God, please hug your loved ones
Those in need, today
Please hug them Lord in Jesus’ name
And take their pain away
And take their pain away

Lyrics © 2015 – present Liana Wendy Howarth (with some changes from original by Kathleen)
Beautifully sung by Kathleen http://www.kathleensfaithwalk.com –

IT’S A JOYFUL DAY (Song Lyrics)

The birds sing heaven’s melody
The crisp air, it beckons praise
Nature’s cups, they open slowly
Ready to reflect His gaze

Listen to the love they’re singing
Every note holds mystery
History from times past till now
Your name’s there in His story

Chorus
You may be feeling lonely
You may be feeling blue
You may have given up
Please don’t
’Cause He’s in love with you

Take each song and make it your own
Hear the Lord gently calling
You’ve been given beautiful life
Raised up when you were falling

Yes, it can be so difficult
When everything seems just lost
Are you battling beyond belief
It took all, His death it cost

Bridge
O joyful day, O joyful day
Though the skies may be stormy and dark and grey
O joyful day, O joyful day
Receive Jesus in your heart and there He’ll stay

No, I haven’t experienced
Hurt and pain that some go through
Please come to the Father above
There’s peace through His Son, it’s true

Chorus
You may be feeling lonely
You may be feeling blue
You may have given up
Please don’t
’Cause He’s in love with you

Yes, He’s in love with you

© 2017 – present Liana Wendy Howarth

LOVE IS LOVE AND LOVE JUST LOVES (A Song of Love)

When love has gone amissing
When love, it just don’t care
When comfort belongs in memories
And your life, with pain it shares
Just remember that the love that’s given you
It loves because it’s love
And love won’t ever sacrifice
Unless love tears love apart

Chorus
Bound, bound
I want to love as love can only love
In freedom
Bound, bound
Shed Your light, bind this love
In the gift of Your freedom

Love finds its way
Through many a tear
Shed on the battlefield of time
Love is Love
And love just loves
And mends the broken heart

Chorus
Bound, bound
I want to love as love can only love
In freedom
Bound, bound
Shed Your light, bind this love
In the gift of Your freedom

Cherish and hold tightly
This gift not often found
The world’s love may pass you by
But with God’s love, your heart will be bound

Bound, bound
Yes, free from the bondage that an empty heart brings
Bound, bound
And because of Your love, this love’s heart
Heart’s love can now sing

© 2013 – present Liana Wendy Howarth