God is Good

Life is hard but God is good
This simple fact must be understood
Life is not fair but God is Just
In this we all can place our trust

Count the many blessings you’ve been given

Count the curses from which you’ve been spared

And a heart of gratitude

Will well up inside of You

And you’ll praise the Lord for how it is you’ve fared

Goodness and mercy follow me

All the days of my life, every day

And we can become all we can be

If we seek to walk in His way.

Oh the goodness of God is overflowing

He delights in blessing all those who believe

As you become more satisfied 

In the grace of God abide

And His merciful love you can receive.

Life is hard but God is good

This simple fact must be understood

Like is not fair but God is Just

In this we all can place our trust

Anthony Foster 

October 18, 2021

I Want to Go There (Places in the Heart)

We meet to part and part to meet

The parting’s mostly bittersweet

When one is absent from our space

It leaves a hole one can’t replace

When loved ones are called away

To new horizons and can’t stay

Their memory may still remain

We still miss them dearly clear and plain

But there can be no regrets

And we will nevermore forget

The blessed tie that binds us still

While they seek their calling to fulfill.

Whether absent from the body 

Or absent from this place

The tie that binds us transcends time and space.

The ties that bond us are the stuff of grace.

I want to go there, where we shall never part

A place where new beginnings find their start 

Where memories and sweet endings dwell

Together they  say “All is well!”

I want to go there to those places in the heart…

We meet to part and part to meet

The parting’s mostly bittersweet

We miss what never mattered much

When one is absent from our touch

But there can be no regrets

And we will nevermore forget

The blessed tie that binds us still

While they seek their calling to fulfill.

Whether absent from the body 

Or absent from this place

The tie that binds us transcends time and space.

The ties that bond us are the stuff of grace.

Anthony Foster

October 18, 2021 

Song of Repentance

Lord crush me by the memories of my sin
And train my heart to see sin that remains
Search me and reveal to me
Open my eyes that I might see
And wash away all those filthy stains

Lord give to me the gift of true repentance

Quicken my heart to hear and heed your Word

Make holiness the main value

That while I live I will pursue

The righteousness you’ve already conferred

Then my sinful soul is changed forever

And the seeds of holiness will come to flower

For I will be transformed

And to Jesus be conformed

Supernaturally changed by your power

Anthony Foster

October 17, 2021

Ode to Glory

Sing, sing of the glories of the Lord

The many faceted glories of the Lord

The wonders of His grace

The beauty of the Face

That outshines every light this world affords.

Sing sing of the glories of the Lord

For His glory He abroad has shed

Before the Glorious One

Our souls become undone

When from glory unto glory we are led

Glory, glory, Hallelujah

Revel in the Glory God reveals

The glory of the Cross

Exchanges gain for loss

As our wounds He gloriously heals

Sing sing of the glories of the Lord

In the shekina of His presence now adore

With your soul it is well

When you come to dwell

In the presence of His Glory evermore.

Glory, glory, Hallelujah

Revel in the Glory God reveals

The glory of the Cross

Exchanges gain for loss

As our wounds He gloriously heals

October 17, 2021

Anthony Foster 

Exalted One, Your Name is Holy

We will worship the One who is worthy

For You have changed our willful hearts of stone

You have transformed us with quickened hearts of flesh

And shown our minds what we had never known

You have crushed us by the memories of our sin

You have opened eyes to see sin that remains

You have healed our broken spirits with your Word

You have turned our deepest losses into gains

Exalted One, Your name is Holy

Write Your Word upon our hearts that we might know

All the blessings now of dwelling in your presence

And the glories of  residing in your temple here below

Bridge

Holy Holy Holy is your Name

Your goodness and your mercy fuel your fame

So we cast our souls upon you and proclaim

You are the One from Age to Age the Same

We will worship  as we come to stand boldly

Before your high, majestic throne of Grace

We shall revel in the knowledge of your person

As we’re undone by the glory of your Face

We will walk in wonder with your Holy Spirit

And the holiness you author we’ll pursue 

And as we become the righteousness you’re giving

We shall live and move and find our being in You

Exalted One, Your name is Holy

Write Your Word upon our hearts that we might know

All the blessings now of dwelling in your presence

And the glories of  residing in your temple here below

Ezekiel 36:26

Isaiah 57:15-19; Jeremiah 31:31, 33

October 17, 2021

Anthony Foster

 

My Spirit Sings (Soul Symphony)

A glorious symphony conceives inside my soul
It wells up and my spirit raises up a sacred solo
A melody joins in harmony-and music is formed
With tempo and rhythm a newsong is born

At first it may seem like an improvisation,

They’re derived as part of the Creator’s creation

A motif of mercy- makes a joyful noise

As this music of myst’ry the Spirit employs

I will sing with my spirit, I will sing with my mind

I will sing with my spirit songs that are divine

I will sing I will sing, with all that is in me

All I am will echo with a soul symphony

Like a furious, furtive fire in my bones

A song is released as my spirit groans

Sacrifices of praise become my offerings

I am lifted up and my spirit sings

Compositions authored by the Holy Ghost

Ring out and are joined by the heavenly hosts

Their angelic voices are lifted and raised

To join with my song as I offer my praise

I will sing with my spirit, I will sing with my mind

I will sing with my spirit songs that are divine

I will sing I will sing, with all that is in me

All I am will echo with a soul symphony

I Cor 14:15

October 15, 2021

Anthony Foster

Pick Your Poison

Too much of a good thing Too little of the bad

Can both come to harm you They can drive you quite mad

‘Cause idols aren’t obvious Like a bad attitude 

They can steal right up on you -They’re subtle and shrewd

The lust of the flesh The lust of the eyes

The pride of life Can be a surprise

So man, pick your poison but better beware

They’ll bring you down low and you’ll come to despair

In the mind is the battle and that’s where it’s won

Take every thought captive and when the day is done

Next day there’s the conflict between right and wrong

The poison will find you cause you ain’t that strong

Each man has a cancer and there is no cure

It started in Eden  and still it endures

There’s only one treatment and only one plan

‘Cause God gets the glory  when in Him you stand

The lust of the flesh The lust of the eyes

The pride of life Can be a surprise

So man, pick your poison but better beware

He’ll take all Your poison –He’s your only prayer.

Anthony Foster

October 12, 2021