You Are Faithful

Oh Lord, thank You for not leaving me, when I left You

Lord thank You for being my friend, when I turned away
Lord, thank You for Your Faithfulness, when I was unfaithful
Lord thank You for Loving me, when I am unlovable

Thank You Lord for not letting go- when I made it easy for you to do so....

Piper Green

© 2013

My Passion

I stand here and look up to a cross on a hill

All of creation was in chaos but yet I was still

Amazed at the way you were beaten and torn

How could they hate you and show you only scorn?

Do they know that you did this out of such love?

Do they know you were sent here from above?

Yet it must be done so that all is as you have said

Oh Lord your torn body and the thorns in your head!

Oh Lord I helped drive that nail through your hand

Because we all turned away and sinned every man

You were led away as a lamb to the slaughter

Yet you did it to redeem every son and daughter

Oh Lord I pray let not your death be in vain

Or that I take for granted your suffering and pain

May I be faithful to you up until death

May I never deny you till I take my last breath

This was my passion I knew I must die

But not for long would I in a grave lie

For every person of creation was before my face

As I gladly died to pour out God’s grace

I was crucified so that all people will be

Chosen, cleansed and set apart for me

I long to know you and to call you my friend

So that we will be together always to the end

I gave you my body I Am the Bread of Life

Your are my spotless bride my beloved wife

I gave my blood poured out just for you

When you drink you are free, cleansed and anew

Take my body and blood in remembrance of me

Remember that I died to set every person free

I long to commune with you and call you by name

I paid the price so that you will never be the same

Piper Green

©2004

Hannah: Restoring the Priesthood

From Sorrow to Joy

I witness today the birth of another child,

My rival’s scorn is nothing mild.

Relentless she mocks me for my barrenness,

My heart it aches to give a child love and tenderness.

My husband loves me this I know for sure;

His love and care he showers on me is so very pure.

He’d love me in my barrenness for all of his days,

I can’t help this emptiness to the Lord I pray.

God smiled on me, for now I have a son.

My heart is full of so much joy I am undone.

I asked God for him and He gave me joy;

I now have my first born son a baby boy.

I came to the Lord in desperate need, I was in distress.

I called upon His Name so mighty, to Him I will address,

My need to change my fate for I want to bring,

My life before Him to His throne, and a new life that sings.

©2012 Piper Green
Revised 2014

Ruth: The Giver Of Dreams

The Giver of Dreams

I look down the long dusty road my journey has begun,

There is nothing left in this land, my time here is done.

I am ready for something new and to leave my old home,

Though I have nothing and I feel very alone.

I do not know what this feeling is down deep inside,

Whatever is calling me away I cannot run and hide.

I know there must be a destiny prepared just for me,

If I stay here I know I will not be able to see.

So I will take my last look at what is behind,

I will journey forward and I know I will find,

Destiny and purpose in my soul and my heart,

There is a purpose for me; a role and a part.

I know it is something only seen in a dream,

I go to a new land to find the Giver of this dream.

©2006 Piper Green

Revised 2014

Rahab: A Life Held By A String

We hear about the Israelites and the God in which they serve;

The men of Jericho have been preparing every weapon and man preserved.

We know the Israelite’s travels will bring them to our wall;

It is only a matter of time I know before our inevitable fall.

We have heard terrible things about this God and we all melt with fear;

The lands their God has conquered—to our eyes it brings tears.

The Lord dried the Red Sea before them to walk on dry land,

Burying the Egyptian’s horses, and chariots, deep in the sand.

Their terror has fallen on us, we have melted away before them,

The king of the Amorites destroyed, no courage remained in any men.

The Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and earth beneath;

I must know this God of Israel so to me He may bequeath,

Such favor, grace, and mercy, though I can but only hope,

My life now hangs in the balance of these men and a scarlet rope.

I long for a new life, very different from the one I lead here,

I pray that helping these spies will bring God’s favor and rid me of fear.

I long to be different to change my life into a story that sings;

I know not what the future will bring, it rests in this lone scarlet string.

©2012 Piper Green

Revised 2014

Published in A Life That Sings 2014

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

Westbow Press

Google Play

Hagar: A Slave-girl Births A Nation

I leave Egypt to serve this woman and man;

Torn from my home to wander in the wilderness sand.

I have lived most of my life in this Egyptian palace,

Now I know not where I go or how I will find solace.

I know not what this brand new journey will bring,

I now wear the mark of this master’s bracelet and ring.

I feel something different in this man and his wife,

They will give me a fresh start, a new lease on life.

I have been happy serving my master’s household,

But now I have been asked to do…it must go untold.

How I am in distress—to lay with a man, to bear him a child;

How my mistress longs for a baby—her thoughts have run wild.

I wake today with this baby growing inside of me.

I cannot wait to see how he will look or who he will be.

I feel him growing and moving, I am soon to bring him forth,

I will shout for joy from the hills; the east, west, south, and north.

The pain is too much; I will pack and leave.

Who is this I see before my eyes? I cannot believe,

That the God of Israel would care to show Himself to me.

He promised me my son would live to be a prince of nations.

The God of Abram has come it was not an aberration.

He led me to a well I named for Him—the One that truly sees.

I will never forget my encounter, for His love runs so very deep,

I will remember year after year and in my heart I will keep.

I run to the desert for my mistress seeks my life.

All that is between us now is hate, turmoil, and strife.

He agreed to her plea to send us away; I am filled with grief.

I am lost; my son and I hunger and thirst—there is no relief.

I left my son under the tree; I can’t bear to watch him die.

I don’t know what to do—we both can only cry.

The Lord came to me in the hour of my need,

To bless my son and all who will be his seed.

I give thanks to the God who sees forever,

He will be with me through all that I endeavor.

I didn’t know when I left Egypt what my life would bring;

I met the God who sees me and now I have a life that sings…

©2011 Piper Green

Find this and other poems in my book, A Life That Sings: Finding Your Song In The Midst of Brokenness

Ruth: From Beggar to Princess

Nicolas Poussin 1593-1665 (Summer: Boaz and Ruth)

From my book A Life That Sings; the chapter on Ruth: 

The Giver of Dreams

I look down the long dusty road my journey has begun,

There is nothing left in this land, my time here is done.

I am ready for something new and to leave my old home,

Though I have nothing and I feel very alone.

I do not know what this feeling is down deep inside,

Whatever is calling me away I cannot run and hide.

I know there must be a destiny prepared just for me,

If I stay here I know I will not be able to see.

So I will take my last look at what is behind,

I will journey forward and I know I will find,

Destiny and purpose in my soul and my heart,

There is a purpose for me; a role and a part.

I know it is something only seen in a dream,

I go to a new land to find the Giver of this dream.

©2006 Piper Green. Revised © 2014. 

Find this and other poems in my book, A Life That Sings: Finding Your Song In The Midst of Brokenness

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

Westbow Press

Google Play