tonight

Tonight I am tired, worn down...didn't sleep well last night, missing "us" time with my husband and waking with each passing thunderstorms and stirring child. I'm borrowing creativity tonight.

Trouble is I'm so exhausted
The plot, you see, I think I've lost it
I need the grace to find what can't be found

I wanna do better
I wanna try harder
I wanna believe
Down to the letter
-from "Long Lost Brother" by Over The Rhine

jesus with skin

I’m hungry tonight
I’m sick I’m alone
Covered in fear but
Chilled to the bone

No name and no story
I’m wordless and plain
My need is my guide
My pleasure, my pain

This is the sorrow
I harbor within
I want a savior
A Jesus with skin

A Jesus with skin
A touch I could feel
True tears that would heal me
A blanket, a meal
Jesus with skin
A family, a friend
God won’t you bring me
Lord won’t you send
Jesus with skin
Jesus with skin


I am unkempt
Unloved and unknown
A stranger, an orphan
No home of my own

My voice is mere silence
My cry is unheard
My loneliness deep
My sickness uncured

This is the sorrow
I harbor within
I need a savior
A Jesus with skin

A Jesus with skin
A touch I could feel
True tears that would heal me
A blanket, a meal
Jesus with skin
A family, a friend
God won’t you bring me
Lord won’t you send
Jesus with skin
Jesus with skin