Show Us You (A prayer for my daughter and her husband on their wedding day)

To You, O Lord, we lift our souls

In You we place our trust

Let not the hardships of this life

Remove Your joy from us

May hope not depart

May truth be near

Putting forth its light

As we look to You

Led and loved by You

Guide us on paths that are right.

And when we stumble and fall

Or don't give a care

For all You are and You do

When we close our eyes tight

To hide from Your light

Let us know that Your grace

Is there too

For there's nowhere You're not

Show us You.

diane mann 2011

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!