This Vow (So, What is Love?) - ©Joanna Doak – June 2009
                         
So, what is love?
I really want to know
Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, does not boast,
It is not proud or rude,
Does not seek after itself
Doesn’t get angry easily.

So, what is love?
I really want to know
Keeps no record of wrongs,
Does not delight in evil
But rejoices with the truth

Always protects
Always trusts
Always perseveres
Love never fails.
This vow I make      –         I will love you.

I will be patient and kind (good thing only Jesus can read my mind)
I won’t be jealous of your success or brag about my own
Instead I’ll be proud of you, even better of the things we do together.
I will be true.
                        
My words to and about you will be the nicest ones I use.
 U will come before I in my alphabet and Christ before us.
 I will never give up, though storms will find us Jesus’ love   will   warm and guide us.
He’ll see us through.


This Vow mp3

Disposable - © Joanna Doak  - August 2011

Laughing and joking, I was hanging with friends
‘Til they got worried that what they said might be offending me
Because I choose to follow Jesus
Trying to figure how to help them see    
That I love them for who they are when one of them said
“Good grief...she isn’t porcelain”
I wanted to laugh but I caught myself thinking
How did we come to be thought of as so fragile
That a few little words could make us break

Chorus:
So I’ve come to the conclusion                         
I’d rather be a paper plate than fine china
Used for bbq’s, picnics and the great outdoors
Than hiding in a cupboard on display
Brought out for really special occasions
Afraid of getting chipped or broken
I’d rather be disposable and used and wasted
Than sitting pretty waiting to be dusted.


We serve up a fancy feast a couple of times,
A real smorgasbord of love and we expect them to be satisfied
With Christmas and Easter.
But can a couple of meals satisfy the hungry
Or did Jesus have something else in mind when He said,
“Feed my sheep”
Listen to the cries of the hungry people
Aching for love and filling up on substitutes
‘cause fine china isn’t used for daily bread.

Chorus:


Remember the crowd Jesus hung out with
Giving up heaven, He’s the ultimate paper plate,
Showing His love up on the cross

Chorus:


I was made to be disposable and used and wasted
Instead of sitting pretty waiting to be dusted.

I choose to be disposable and used and wasted.


Disposable mp3

Daddy’s Arms - © Joanna Doak August 2008

Remember I was full of joy I loved to whirl around caught up in the frenzy of the dance.
How my skirt would twirl around, my legs went flying through the air
You held me close and led the way
I trusted in my Daddy’s big strong hands

Chorus:
Oh, I want to be held     -       like a child in Daddy’s arms
I need to feel     -        safe and secure
I want to fly high    -   so my feet don’t touch the ground
I want to be free     -    to be held in Your arms
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Remember I was brave enough to stand on Daddy’s hand
Balanced high above the ground I felt so big
But grownups stopped to stare     
They shook their heads, so full of fear
I didn’t know I couldn’t do it
I trusted in my Daddy’s big strong hands

Chorus

But right now my heart is broken and I just want to cry        
My strength is gone, I don’t want to fight
And the world seems much bigger than I
That’s why I want to crawl on my Daddy’s knee
Wipe away my tears
Wrap me tight in big strong arms, Daddy comfort me

Chorus
                              
I want to be free     -    to be held in Your arms

Let me be free     -    to be held in Your arms



joannadoak