This Very Hour (a chorus)

I need your power
I need your strength
In this very hour
In this very place
Meet me here
As I wait
In this very hour
In this very place

diane mann 2011

I Love You Too (a song)

At Advent I entered into some times with God daily where I became more open to Him as my
Wonderful Counselor
Mighty God
Eternal Father
Prince of Peace
focusing each week on allowing Him to be these to me in new and deeper ways.  The week that God as my Eternal Father was the focus, I was asked to list attributes of a good father, some of which I had been the recipient of from my earthly father and some of which I missed, and to let Christ be that Father He claims to be to me.  The material from which I read asked me to let all that I noticed about God's Eternal Fatherhood be translated into praise.  As I wrote, I became increasingly aware of His adoring-Father love for me that He has shown all along (even when I didn't notice).

And this song came out of my heart (and eventually came out of my mouth and guitar strings!):

I love You too
I love You too
My heart sings out
That I love You
I know You've heard
This song before
You'll recognize the tune
The same song You have sung to me
I'm singing back to You

diane mann 2010

God and I share some sweet times with this tune!  I feel enjoyed as I sing it and find joy in presenting it to Him.  It just represents a lot that I've known in my head to be true of God (that He rejoices over me with singing and that I can love because He first loved me) and am more and more knowing it in my very being and experiencing the truth that I am loved.

The Calling

I was so busy hoping
and striving
to be amazing
that I almost forgot to be me.

Whew!  I almost missed my calling!

The Banner

There's something
That's been hanging
Over my head lately
More and more
It's been getting my attention
At times I look up
And gaze straight at it
Marveling at its presence
In its shadow
Which is somehow made of light
I freely dance
As though not a soul is watching
Yet closer than ever
Someone is watching my soul

When I look inside me
It is there
Even when I'm feeling things
I wish I weren't feeling
Discouragement
Fear
Anger
Despair
There it remains over me, over me
 

It reaches into me
Drapes itself around me
And carpets the ground
Beneath me
Yet somehow is
The ground beneath me

I abide and grow
As slowly I know
In the safety of this place
The works of God
Are wonderful
My expanding heart
Indeed fills with wonder
At the beauty
Of what He's made
And is making
In the world out there
And of me
In here

He beckons me
Lay down my fear
The dread that says
I'll never be
Not ever be
Who I'm made to be
I was made to be
With this banner
Called "Love"
Over me
diane carver mann 2010