He knows my frame
He knows that I am dust
He deals with me as a Father with his child
As for me, my days are like the fields and grass
But You are everlasting, everlasting love

For as high as the heavens are above the earth
So great is Your love, so great
And as far as the east is from the west
You throw my sins far away, far away

Your love goes over my head, 
Over my head,
Over and over again

I will not forget (3x) 
You've been good to me

"Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits
Who forgives all your iniquity
Who heals all your diseases
Who redeems your life from the pit
Who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy
Who satisfies you with good
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's."

Psalm 103 / High As the Heavens

Lyrics

To You alone I lift my soul
Do you catch my tears? 
All the world is hurting 
Do You hear?

Step by step You walk with me
Through the thorn and briar
All Your paths are steadfast love O Lord

In the dead of night I hear Your voice
A whisper from your word
Still and quiet You speak into my soul

“Trust me.
Wait on me.
I am your God.” 

Betrothed in grace and righteousness 
What can separate? 
All Your ways are faithfulness O God 

“I love you
I died for you
I endured the cross”

Psalm 25 / All Your Paths

*Recording was sad (boo), but I got too tired of retakes. 🙈Throwback to Peru Project '17. 

Abba Father

For the longest night,
I lay awake. 
Knees and bedside prayers,
Then bondage again. 

I didn’t know your arms
Were a warm embrace. 
Thought by now I had reached it,
The limits of grace. 

But your thoughts are higher than my own, 
You say you’re my Father, and I can come home. 
And I can come home. 

Abba Father,
You say you love me,
You’ll make my heart sing your joy again. 
You have compassion; 
A promise that lasts, and
I know you are pleased, 
And this night will end. 

My birthright rests in Christ,
I am his child,
Royalty in sneakers,
And no more lies. 

That I can’t be enough,
Can’t be redeemed,
For my Savior has clothed me,
Put shoes on my feet. 

Peace you leave with me. 
By your wounds I’m healed. 
To the end of the age, to the end of the age
You are with me always

Abba Father

*squeaky voice and sleepy sleepy*

{Reflection} God does not owe us any answers. But He made known His ways, He spoke His name, He proclaimed the Word. Even after giving us the Good News, He continues to speak and walk with us.

Lyrics

How long, O Lord?
How long, O Lord?
How long O Lord?
Recorder on replay.

How long, O Lord?
How long, O Lord?
How long, O Lord
Will You turn Your face away?

I tried to write without You
I tried to find the right tune
But none of the words came out the way You make them move
I thought I’d gone too far this time
I thought I’d make up my own rhymes 
But even my wandering heart won’t sing unless it’s singing just for You

I still want You and nothing else 
Bind my wandering heart to You
I still want You and nothing else  
Unanswered questions don’t make You any less true 

You gave me this voice 
You gave me 
The air I breathe
You gave me this voice
You gave me
The air I breathe
You gave me this voice

Nothing Else

Lyrics:

Can we keep this perfect? 
Can we keep this safe? 
You and me together in a picture frame 
Can we smile forever 
Can we be always? 
If we do this right we’re gonna be okay. 
But we heard the thunder 
And we felt the rain
There are stormy days, there are stormy days  
Even in the April spring

We’ll dance and we will cry 
These flat notes by and by 
We’ll sing but we’ll go on

Hold my hand, we’ll go together
See the road ahead is kingdom come 
In your eyes I see the wrestling I battle 
But darling hold my hand til kingdom come 

So we’ve known imperfect
So we’ve messed this up
But I care too much to only want the sun
So we let our tears run
And we love in freedom 
One bright day we’ll know that we belong
You are not my own, dear
You will soon become 
Greater beauty in the giving up 

We’ll dance and we will cry
These flat notes by and by 
We’ll sing but we’ll go on 

Hold my hand, we’ll go together
See the road ahead is kingdom come 
In your eyes I see the wrestling I battle 
But darling hold my hand til kingdom come 

To the altar we will go, my love my love
To His altar we will go, my love my love

To the Altar

Simple little song that felt like it came out of nowhere, maybe because I'd been singing it in my heart long before I put it down. Technically, it's morning already!! Happy Easter Sunday. 💜

Only You

If I sang once that I believed
I’d see your goodness shining over me
If I held on in the midst of unbelief
Only you, God, were holding on to me 

You alone, You alone, 
Are worthy of all my praise 
Alone, You Alone 
All glory for all of my days
Only You 

Whatever love, whatever peace
Whatever pressing on to claim your victory 
All things are mine, in your Spirit I am free 
Only you, God, are holding on to me

Only You

july 9, '19 | captive but Jesus set me free 💜

*Word Things*

I lift my eyes to my Saviour
Who laid down His life
What man would die for a sinner?
Oh this Love divine

Broken and lost, I was unable
Bound in the dark, undone 
Then on the Cross, for us, a Saviour
Jesus the Son of God 

I consider Jesus
This Holy One of God
I see His steadfast love 
In all that He has done
From sea to sky
And day to day
His song will rise

I wake the dawn with a new song 
Of endless praise
Give thanks, my soul, and when the night falls
My God will save 

Broken and lost, I was unable
Bound in the dark, undone 
Then on the Cross, for us, a Saviour
Jesus the Son of God 

I consider Jesus
This Holy One of God
I see His steadfast love 
In all that He has done
From sea to sky
And day to day
His song will rise

Consider Jesus
The founder of my faith 
He is my righteousness 
When no one else could save
From sea to sky
And day to day
His song will rise

Sea To Sky

Word Things:

What can I do, how can I love
If You will not come and fill my cup?
Til I overflow with Your endless love
Until I rest in all You’ve done 

How can I stand in what I do,
What can these hands offer to You? 
But there is a vine, He is David’s root 
I have no good apart from You

More than watchmen for the morning
I will wait
More than watchmen for the morning 
I will wait 

Until You fill these eyes with light 
Until I cry no longer I 
Show me again the depth and height of Your love 
How You are kind without restraint 
How You have called me by my name 
In this place, I will wait, I will wait 

How You have loved on this open sea,
Stilling the waters, parting the deep 
Today and forever they call me “redeemed” 
Clothed in the joy of the Christ in me 

How You have loved me
Oh, how You have loved me
Oh, how You have loved me
Oh, how You have loved

Dependence

**Idk am I even allowed to write love songs 🤔🤔

late nights 
walking in this city
these street lights
passing time in the evening 
i celebrate the day you walked me to my door

you were so sweet
can you be a promise
all i see are
infinite minutes with you 

we dance
over and over
watch them pass
i hear you whisper
“i celebrate the days I walk you to your door” 

I’m not gonna run away
Not into keepn’ you on your toes
That kind of loving’s only smoke 
We grow our wings so we can fly 
but for a moment stay awhile 

and we can be 
a minute and a day
a flower in the rain 
taking turns from far away
to find our favourite parts
reread them from the start 
we have time to turn the page

Minute and a Day

Word Things

Fearless
I am not fearless
I am afraid
I cannot face these hard places

Speechless
What can I say? 
I am speechless
It’s hard to believe
You’re using the weak in these broken places

But every dark and every broken place You see
You’re reaching far to every heart
And every part of me

You are restoring these ruins 
And making me new in the fire
You are parting the waters 
And making a way in the wild

In the hard places You are
In the hard places You are

Weakness
All I know is my weakness 
Still I am afraid
But You are my strength in these hard places
Oh I am afraid
But You are my grace in these broken places

Hard Places

word things 

let me tell you a feeling i hate the most 
that “you’re selfish to wish not to be alone"
need to trust, and you’re not when you’re feeling low
i’m feeling low

strength doesn’t help when they tell you to suffer in silence 
and boys lose their lives to the foxes when they’re staying quiet 

But i'm gonna tell You first 
brought all my people, look heavenward 
heavenward 
i'm gonna tell You first
Wait for the angel, look heavenward
heavenward

tell the truth i was scared of how i might sound 
can You take a complaint, i'm feeling lonely right now
someone told me we’re human, we’re gonna let you down 
i’m feeling down, oh oh 

i say You’re enough, does it count if I want someone by me?
never alone and i know but this moment feels lonely 

cause we fall asleep while You pray and You weep toward heaven 
can’t keep awake but You ask us to stay in the telling

Heavenward

word things 👑✌️

There is a feast prepared before me
Of endless joy and boundless peace 
For who shall want with this sure promise  
That Thou shall daily walk with me? 

There on a cross, my sin atoned for,
The Son of God paid all my debt
And from His kindness grants me tenfold 
The wealth of God at Christ’s expense

Oh how rich I am in Jesus
I have found a lasting wealth 
Oh how rich I am in the Holy Lamb
Who has given me Himself 

Shepherd my heart through every trial
And through the valley gently lead 
I shall not want with this sure promise
My God shall daily walk with me 

What double portion God has given 
Hope for the morrow, strength today, 
This little while, a rich redemption 
And from His fullness grace on grace

How Rich I Am

two metres apart, everyone.

word things

there’s something in the air 
can’t stop it
spreading to my heart and in my head 
I think I got it 

if we were quarantined
there’s no person I’d rather be with
you could read a magazine 
or we could talk about these feelings 

i know you talk about me with your friends 
you tie my tongue within a ten-mile radius of you 
we’re keeping tabs across the room 
i can keep up with the conversation 
we would rather talk about the state of nations
than the state of us two 

if we were quarantined 
we could hide behind our phones all day
or i could be the first of us to say 

there’s something in the air 
can’t stop it
spreading to my heart and in my head 
I think I got it 

a really bad case of love

you know i think about you all the time 
i find a way to say I like you in a thousand lines 
oh you, you’re filling up the room 
i could write a song and hope you’d read right into
every little sign that I kind of like you

If We Were Quarantined

real talk -- but in music form (?) 

A lot about this song is messy. The recording is messy. The melody is messy. The words are messy. I wrote this more than two years ago now, but could never find it in myself to post it. I was inspired tonight to share the hope I have in Jesus. Thinking back over the years, I see how Jesus has met me in every trial and every breaking point. He meets us, truly, in our fears, in our anger, in our loneliness, in our confusion, in our helplessness and frustration. Tomorrow (or I guess today LOL) we commemorate Good Friday. Jesus took on my loneliness so I would never be alone. He took on my guilt and died on the cross so that I could live forever in the light of His mercy and love. I pray that this song might be an encouragement and a reminder of the hope we have in Jesus.

*messy word things* 

October evening, Halloween,
“Hallowed be Thy name.”
“If you cry out, cry out to God.”
“When you’re tired, lay your burdens down.”
But these prayers feel like monologues.
Where are You now?

If God and the Devil were fighting for me,
Cars racing past on a busy street,
I thought I knew who’d won

Scars they tell me You won’t be enough,
Voices in my head saying just give up.

Another evening, another century,
A Jew on a tree.
And he cried out, he cried out to God,
All my sins were his burden now
His prayer was a monologue 
“Where are You now?”

Scars they tell me You won’t be enough,
Voices in my head saying just give up.
His scars they tell me it’s already done,
I couldn’t be enough so You sent Your son

Each day that I’m awake
Is a day I breathe your grace again
Each day that I’m awake
Is a day I breathe your grace

Scars they tell me You won’t be enough,
Voices in my head saying just give up.
His scars they tell me it’s already done,
I couldn’t be enough so You sent Your son
You’re more than enough.
You’re more than enough.

Scars

“Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.” romans 8:24-25

In bondage we came to call Your name
Voices of guilt and all our shame, they cried out 
Breaking shackles of death, You made a way 

I’ll hold fast to your Word
I’ll cling to promise sweet 
Jesus said it first 
It is finished 

This is our hope
This is our anthem 
The old becoming new
This is our hope
This is our anchor  
The last word is with You

Creation groans beneath the weight 
All over the corners of the earth we cry out 
Redeem us, in weakness we will wait 

Hold fast to your Word
Cling to promise sweet 
Jesus said it first 
It is finished 

This is our hope
This is our anthem 
The old becoming new
This is our hope
This is our anchor 
The last word is with You

Healer of our pain 
High priest for our sin 
All that is broken has no final say

Last Word

rainfall 

(chorus)

this is just another 
song about the rain 
and the way you show up
unannounced in every dream
like a vision on the sidewalk
like vapour in the street 
tomorrow you’ll be 
covering every corner of space
in my sleep 

and i’m in rainfall
rainfall 

(verse 1)

i’m not thinking bout you 
or the kind of things that you’d do  
on a rainy day in gastown 
no one notices like you

(verse 2)

how rain can be dramatic 
make you feel like you’re in Paris 
like the time i left my raincoat
you held yours for two

Rainfall

I like to dream about purple cows. Psalm 107:2 💫

Camille

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