LOOKING UP by Carl Evans 4

LOOKING UP
         by Carl Evans 4/1994
   WE'RE TOLD IN HEBREWS 12 OF A RACE WE ARE TO RUN,
     NOT IN OUR OWN STRENGTH BUT IN THE POWER OF THE SON.
   LOOKING TO HIM WHO IS THE BEGINNING AND THE END,
     WITH THE CROWD OF WITNESSES WE WILL SURELY WIN.
   SET YOUR EYES AND AFFECTIONS UPON THE THINGS ABOVE,
     WHERE GOD IS RULING, REIGNING, AND SPREADING OUT HIS LOVE.
   THEN YOUR LIFE WILL BE A JOY TO ALL OF THOSE AROUND,
     AND YOU'LL BE A BLESSING UNTIL JESUS COMES DOWN.
   UNTIL THEN, WE HAVE TIME TO TELL THE LOVE STORY,
     AND IN ALL OUR LIVES AND DEEDS BRING GOD GREAT GLORY.
   UNTIL THAT GLORIOUS DAY LIVE A LIFE THAT IS RIGHT,
     NOT BY OUR OWN POWER BUT BY THE SPIRITS' MIGHT.
   THEN ON THAT HOLY DAY IN THAT HEAVENLY LAND,
     WE'LL MEET TOGETHER WITH THE ANGEL BAND.
   `         ----------
       HELP ME LORD
         by Carl Evans
   HELP ME LORD TO SUBMIT MY WILL TO THINE,
     AND HELP ME TO CLAIM THY WILL FOR MINE.
   FOR I WANT TO WALK IN THY HOLY WAY,
     AND I WANT TO SHARE WHAT YOU GIVE ME TO SAY.
   HELP ME TO LIVE CLOSE BY YOUR SIDE,
     AND IN YOUR PEACE AND TRUTH ABIDE.
   I WANT TO LIVE COMPLETELY FOR YOU
     I WANT TO BE ETERNALLY TRUE.
       ----------
OUR TRUE FRIEND
      by Carl Evans 1995
    What is a friend? What good can they do?
    When you're hurting, do they care 'bout you?
    A true friend is a golden treasure
    and in many ways a sure pleasure.
    Friends are always there when you need them
    willing to share your tears and burdens.
    There's no greater friend one ever knows
    than HE who will walk in life's shadows.
    He comes to us in the darknesses
    that HE may light up the recesses.
    He brings healing to our ailing soul
    and creates within a heart that's whole.
    His name is Jesus for HE arose
    to save from hell all those who chose.
    He will make us all entirely whole
    and put HIS Spirit into our soul.
    He guides us throughout all our days
    and teached us HIS eternal ways.
    Our own lives will surely be blessed
    as HE takes us through every test.
    He will show what others can be
    if they just trust HIS victory.
    Then we can claim it for ouur own
    and sow the seeds that must be sown.
                   ----------
        FOLLOW THAT DREAM
          by Carl Evans    1999
    WE ALL HAVE VISIONS OF WHAT OUR LIVES SHOULD BE,
    BUT WE ALLOW THE WORLD TO DULL ETERNITY.
    WE'VE HAD MANY DOUBTS ALONG THE ROADS OF LIFE
    AND ALLOWED THE SINS OF THE "OLD MAN" TO BRING US STRIFE.
    BUT THERE IS A HOPE FOR ALL WHO WANT IT TRUE
    WITH LOVE AND FORGIVENESS JESUS BRINGS US TOO.
    THE BEST DREAMS ARE THOSE WHICH CALL AND CHALLENGE US
    TO FOLLOW THE DESIGNS GOD GIVES THROUGH JESUS.
    OUR LIVES WILL NEVER BE FULL WITHOUT HIS WILL,
    THE GREATEST OF MEN ARE THOSE YIELDED AND STILL.
    SO, WHATEVER YOUR DREAM MAY AMOUNT TO BE
    ALWAYS COMPARE IT WITH WHAT JESUS HAS FOR THEE.
            ----------
            ONE VOICE 9/2000
                   by Carl Evans
    WHEN WE READ THE HEADLINES ABOUT ALL THE CURRENT EVENTS,
    WE ARE REMINDED OF THE PURPOSE OF WHY JESUS WAS WORLDLY SENT.
    IN THIS OLD WORLD WE FIND MUCH WRONG AND WICKEDNESS,
    BUT WHAT IS REALLY NEEDED FOR ALL IS THE LAMB'S RIGHTEOUSNESS.
    BUT WHAT CAN OUR LORD DO WHEN WE REFUSE TO BE HIS LIGHT?
    WHAT HOPE IS THERE FOR THIS WORLD WHEN WE DEPEND ON OUR OWN MIGHT?
    THERE ARE SO MANY WHO KNOW HIM BUT ARE AFRAID TO USE THEIR VOICES.
    THEY JUST HIDE THAT HEAVENLY LIGHT AND LET BAD PEOPLE MAKE THE CHOICES.
    ISN'T IT TIME FOR THE RIGHTEOUS TO STAND UP FOR WHAT IS MORAL AND RIGHT?
    NOW IS THE TIME FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN TO SHINE GOD'S HEAVENLY LIGHT.
                    -----------
              BARREN LANDS
              by Carl Evans 11/19/2000
    IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE FELT HIS TOUCH.
    I'VE SPENT ALL MY TIME CHASING DREAMS AND SUCH.
    I TRAVELED THIS LAND AROUND TO FIND SOME FULFILMENT,
    FAILING TO CATCH A STAR FORGETTING WHY I WAS SENT.
    I'VE SEEN MANY HURTING PEOPLE ALONG THE PATH I TROD
    BUT I DID NOT SHARE WITH THEM THE LOVING WORDS OF GOD.
    THE NEEDS I SAW ON MY PATH DID NOT SHAKE MY WILD SEEDS,
    UNTIL I SAW THE DEAD ONES WHO DIED IN THEIR SINFUL DEEDS.
    THEN THE LIGHT OF GOD'S LOVE SHONE BRIGHTLY UPON MY FACE
    AND MADE ME VERY THANKFUL FOR GOD'S LOVE, MERCY, AND GRACE.
    THEN BEGAN I ON MY WAY TO FULFIL MY GODLY MISSION,
    TO LET ALL THE PEOPLE KNOW THEY CAN HAVE SINS' REMISSION.
    ARE YOU ON SUCH A JOURNEY AND RUNNING LIKE JONAH DID?
    THEN COME TO JESUS CHRIST AND LET YOUR SINS BE HID.
    THE BLOOD APPLIED TO YOUR SINS CAN BRING YOU JOY UNTOLD
    AND YOU CAN BE USED BY GOD AS A "shepherd" TO HIS FOLD.
            --------
                 TODAY
            by Carl Evans 8/8/2000
    TODAY, I WAS SAD AND BLUE FOR NO REASON AT ALL.
    I WENT THROUGH THE DAY UNTIL I REMEMBERED TO CALL.
    I ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS TO REVIVE MY WEARY SOUL
    AND USE ME IN HIS SERVICE SO OTHERS CAN BE MADE WHOLE.
    MANY TIMES IN MY OWN LIFE I HAVE FELT SO WEAK AND FRAIL
    AND SENSED MY USELESSNESS TO THE ONE WHO BROKE THE VEIL.
    THEN I REMEMBER OTHERS WHO'VE GONE THIS WAY BEFORE
    WHO LIVED IN GODS' PRESENCE AND EXPERIENCED LIFE MUCH MORE.
    THEY WERE MORTAL PEOPLE WHO FAILED TO LIVE UP TO GODS' COMMANDS
    BUT THEY RELIED ON HIS GRACE TO GET THEM TO THE PROMISED LAND.
    THAT IS THE HOPE FOR EACH OF US TO REST IN CHRISTS' SACRIFICE
    FOR THERE IS NO OTHER WAY THAT WILL FOREVER SUFFICE.
    WHEN WE DEPEND ON HIS GRACE THAT ENDURETH TO THE END,
    WE'LL BE TRULY SATISFIED TO BE CALLED HIS OWN FRIEND.
             ---------
            LONESOME BO
            by Carl Evans 2/2000
    WE HAVE A MAN IN OUR TOWN WHOSE NAME IS LONESOME BO,
    EVERY WEEK YOU CAN SEE HIM FOR HE IS THE TOWNS' HOBO.
    HE DRESSES IN HIS RUGGED CLOTHES AS HE TRAVELS AROUND OUR TOWN
    FOLLOWING THE LORD AS HE WALKS MINISTERING TO THOSE WHO ARE DOWN
    HE WALKS WITH A NOTICEABLE LIMP-WAS FROM AN ACCIDENT SOMEONE SAID.
    HE FELL OFF A TOWER UP HIGH AND WAS LUCKY TO NOT BE DEAD.
    HE HAD SCARS ON HIS ARMS AND FACE FROM THE MANY FIGHTS HE WAS IN,
    BUT THAT WAS MANY YEARS AGO BEFORE CHRIST CHANGED HIM WITHIN.
    NOW HE GOES ABOUT BEING KIND TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HE EVER MEETS.
    USING HIS EXTRA MONEY IN HELPING THOSE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS.
    NO ONE WILL MISS HIM IF HE'S AMISS, SOMEONE SAID TO ME ONE DAY,
    BUT I'VE A DIFFERENT OPINION FOR T'WAS HE WHO HELPED ME FIND MY WAY.
    MAY WE NEVER LOOK ON THE OUTSIDE TO JUDGE ONE'S PERSONAL WORTH
        FOR GOD KNOWS ALL ABOUT OUR LIVES AND HE WANTS TO USE US ON THIS EARTH.
                -----------