it hurts but heals

Speak out about something that is an ongoing offence against you and all hell can be let loose. The offender is now offended, injured deeply and strikes back. Over a few days comes peace and then a new way forward. It hurts to speak out about an ongoing offence against you but as the surgeons [...]

poem song chords and lyrics

time to get your guitar or keyboard out
copyright gary smith 2009
Intro … C          G         D                        C         G         D
Em7    D/F# G         C         C
Living stream flow in me
G                    D                   C
Come now oh God and set me free
Am            Bm7        C            D      D
Take my cares,         my hopes and dreams
G                    [...]

poem song mp3

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livingstreambass2
copywrite gary smith 2009
here is the poem sung
very ‘crosby stills and nash’
chords and lyrics next blog

poem song reflection 3 on verse 2

living stream flow in me
come now oh God and set me free
myself deny let my way die
so you can come and live life in me
only when I’ve said no to my instinctive reaction to the things around me, and those reactions have died, can I recieve the life that comes in the stream. A new [...]

poem song, reflection 2 on verse 2

living stream flow in me
come now oh God and set me free
myself deny let my way die
so you can come and live life in me
myself deny isn’t about giving up red wine and dark chocolate which I like. It more a case of learning to let go of my say so. Learning to say no [...]

poem song reflection on verse 2

living stream flow in me
come now oh God and set me free
myself deny let my way die
so you can come and live life in me
as before, as I let the living stream of God’s life flow into my life, so I experience a new freedom
the way of it is, as I set my store out [...]

the poem song verse 2

remember read and reflect and it will speak to you
living stream flow in me
come now oh God and set me free
myself deny let my way die
so you can come and live life in in me
my reflection next blog

reflection 3 on the refrain

the refrain
to live with you is all I need
to let your life flow carry me
to where all the world can strife me not
I will find peace in storm or love
The living stream of God’s life carries me to that place beyond the strife of the world, beyond defeat.
A place where I will find peace [...]

poem song reflection 2 on refrain

the refrain
to live with you is all I need
to let your life flow carry me
to where all the world can strife me not
I will find peace in storm of love
I am carried by God’s living stream life to a place where all the world can strife me not. A place where all the concerns [...]

poem song ‘reflection 1 on the refrain’

the refrain
to live with you is all I need
to let you life flow carry me
to where all the world can strife me not
I will find peace in storm or love
If I can arrange my life to live with God then all I need will come clear to me
the life flow of God’s kind [...]