No Other Friend

You are my most precious and trusted friend

who knows the secret places of my heart.

I bring my brokenness for you to mend.

Your healing touch wholeness and joy impart.

Nothing about me is hidden from view.

You know what the next word I speak will be.

Even my ugly thoughts are known to you.

There's nowhere I can go you won't see me.

You know me to depths of marrow and bone

and love me more than I can understand

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With the strength you have provided I've grown.

As best friends we'll walk through life hand in hand.

Your Radiant Sky

Brilliant sunsets hue

remind me of you.

Your glory bursts clear

and won't disappear.

At evening I see,

you show it to me.

Your radiant sky

shines down from on high.

Brilliant sunsets hue

remind me of you.

So may my last view

take me straight home to you.

Your Needy Child

Prince of Peace your anxious one cries

and lays her worries at your feet.

Water of life your thirsty child sighs

parched and wearied by hardship's heat.

Good Shepherd, I'm your precious sheep,

in your pasture I lie content.

You are the vine LORD so please keep

your branch stuck to you like cement.

O LORD you my strength and my shield

When in distress you rescue me

You're my refuge, to you I yield

my will; this is my fervent plea!

When Hope Appeared

Before Hope came my heart was blue.

When she appeared I did rejoice

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This peace within my soul was new.

Before Hope came my soul was blue.

Then joy and praise from my lips grew

As Christ became my daily choice.

Before Hope came my heart was blue.

When she appeared I did rejoice.