Family Tree

FAMILY TREE

Written: March 25, 2009

By: DEMESHA R. WRIGHT

WE HAD A TALK ONE DAY,
ABOUT OUR FAMILY TREE.

ABOUT HOW I AM A BRANCH,
I AM NOT JUST A LEAF.

YOU SEE THE LEAVES,
THEY COME AND GO.


THE DON’T ALWAYS STAY,
WHEN THE WIND BLOWS.


LEAVES ARE LIKE FRIENDS,
GOD GIVES THEM FOR A REASON.


THEY ADD BEAUTY AND JOY,
BUT SOMETIMES ONLY STAY FOR A SEASON.


LIFE STILL GOES ON,
AND OUR JOURNIES CAN BE LONG.


SO TO STAND THROUGH THE STORMS,
WE NEED SOMETHING THAT IS STRONG.


DEEP DOWN ARE THE ROOTS,
THEY FORM OUR FOUNDATION.


THEY ARE ATTACHED TO A STURDY TRUNK,
WHICH GIVES BIRTH TO GENERATIONS.


ALTHOUGH IT’S FRUITS MAY DIE,
IT’S BRANCHES STILL REMAIN.

AS A FAMILY WE MUST NURTURE THEM,
BECAUSE THERE WILL BE PAINS.


WE ALL GROW TOGETHER,
IF WE GROW DEEP IN LOVE.


AND GOD, HE DOES SUSTAIN US,
BY SENDING REFRESHING RAINS FROM ABOVE.


LET’S NOT USE ALL OUR ENERGY,
ON WHAT’S NOT CERTAIN & ENDS THE CHAIN.


THOSE LEAVES, THEY COME AND GO,
BUT THE BRANCHES WILL REMAIN.

Runaway Bride

Runaway bride

Runaway, runaway

Back to familiarity
Denying your reality
Distorting sanity

Runaway, runaway

From Him whom you love
Gives peace as a dove
Sent from above

Why are you running,
Away from the Son?

Runaway, runaway

To hide from fear
The truth, hard to hear
Your old life so near

Runaway, runaway

To a life full of ease,
Flesh eager to please
Sin a gripping disease

Why are you running,
Away from the Son?

Nervous, scared, afraid?
Looking for a new day?
Not wanting to leave,
Yet struggling to cleave.

You say, “It’s not Him, it’s me.”

STOP RUNNING!

He’s here for you today,
To sweep you away,
Remove the garments of old,
Clothe you in white linens and Gold.

You are more than your past,
Those pleasures don’t last.

He loves you, He waits…
…stop running.

© 2011 by Demesha Wright

Prayer Night

Most the church has come and gone,
There only remains a special few.

Pacing the aisles of the sactuary,
Hearts offering praises to you.

For all you've done.

All your doing...

and what you intend to do.

It's the intimacy of your presence,
That keeps us in this place.

It's so real, it's so evident,
Your love radiates from every face.

With my lips I simply pray,
"Lord, I can just feel you right now."

I want this everyday,
Sweet Lord Jesus, show me how.

A small whisper breaks the silence,
One that's spoken in my ear.

Is that you God, Abba Father?
Is that your voice that I hear?

"I don't want you to just 'feel' me,
I want you to be FILLED with me."

I'm humbled here, I'm broken,
I was blinded, now I see.

I was seeking comfort,
I desperately wanted the affection

It was done in a wrong manner,
Wasn't expecting God's correction.

I am thankful now, I know,
If I TRULY want the passion,

I've gotta come with a pure heart,
It wont come in a vain fashion.

2009 Demesha Wright

New Foundation

I'm vulnerable, spinning in circles,
not much anymore seems clear.
Am I to stay, am I to go,
His voice I cannot hear.

Picture this..

Being held by your feet,
And turned upside down.
Dangling over uncertainty,
Silence becomes the worst sound.

Beneath you a hole is dug,
It goes down, oh so deep.
And under all the muck and mire,
Is something that makes you weep.

...TEARS OF JOY...

It's solid, it's strong,
not built with mans hands.
The former, it was faulty,
But this, I know it stands.

When I'm beat up and hurting,
And I feel as if I'm falling.
When my heart inside is melting,
This simple truth is reassuring...

There is a foundation thats unchanging,
It's built on Almighty alone.
And when I run to this strong tower,
I'm at rest, I'm at home.

My new foundation has now been laid,
One I'm sure will not crumble.
The only thing to still be broken,
Is my heart, because it's humbled.

© 2009 by Demesha Wright

Ps 51:7

"Wash me with hyssop and I shall be clean; Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow..."

Make my heart to always know,
the love and mercy you've always shown.

May my eyes always see,
The wonderful things you've done for me.

Help me to find joy in sorrows,
and never worry about tomorrows.

Bring the sins not in sight,
out of the darkness; Into your light.

With your blood remove my stains -
No more guilt, no more shame.

When my heart is filled with pain,
be my comfort, send the rain.

Oh to be held in your arms,
there is peace, I'm not alone.

You give me hope, you make me strong.

A perfect love, how can it be,
that you'd find delight,
in (the likes of me)

...a wretch like me

© 2007 by Demesha Wright

Stand

I know I still love you.

Though I don't feel like I once did.

The romance has faded,

We're back from our trip.

Not wanting to leave,

I'm quite happy with you...HERE

HERE...I just feel the fire has grown dim,

Everything's so still.

But I WAIT

Not running away

On this covenant I've made,

I'll honor it.

"For richer or for poorer, In sickness and in health,"

til death unite us...and thereafter...

I choose today to take you Jesus,

In sickness and in sorrow.

In pain and in struggle.

To be both Lord and Savior

Both now and forevermore.

I will love you

JESUS I choose to love you

Emotions are dry,

Feelings are gone...

BUT i know, I Love You!

So i'll stand...

...knowing nothing else to do,

I'll just stand...

RIGHT HERE

RIGHT NOW

...and wait for you!

I praise you for where you've brought me

We've shared some rough years

In the midst of it all

You've covered me

and held my tears.

WE'VE come this far,

I'm not turning back...

...as for now,

I'll.....just.....stand!

© 2008 by Demesha Wright

A beautiful day in the midst of December...

Lord, you bring a beautiful day in the midst of December,
Making a break in this winter to let the sun shine.

Removing memories of the blistery chill,
Replaced with a gentle breeze that I claim as mine.

To step outside to a spring-like day,
In exchange for the bitterness of cold.

Bringing a smile to this battered face,
Removing pains and scars of old.

I’m not quite sure how you do it,
Turning into day this night.

But fortunate for me you do it,
What was hopeless is filled with light.

Outside there’s so much dying,
And trees are left so bare.

Yet you’ve come and changed a day for me,
Somehow, you really care.

Lord, you bring a beautiful day in the midst of December,
Making a break in the winter to let the sun shine.

Removing memories of the blistery chill,
Replaced with a gentle breeze that I claim as mine.

© 2011 by Demesha Wright

All I Crave, Want & Need

I'm ready for this transition,

And whatever may have to change,

Open up this vessel,

I don't want to be the same.

All I want is you,

The one who calms my storm.

Who leads me on the water,

Who guides me safely home.

All I crave is you,

The one who helps me stand.

No one else completes me,

I'm reaching for your hand.

All I need is you,

I'll risk being alone,

Alone with you Jesus,

Change this heart from a stone.

Calling for your presence,

Surrendering myself to thee.

I choose to be with you,

Walking with my KING!

© 2005 by Demesha Wright

Living Puzzle

Scattered pieces on the floor,
Needing picked up once more.

~

I've tried to put myself together,
Far too many bad attempts.


Once again one piece is missing,
The center piece seems to be exempt.

~

So this time I try something new,
I'll mix up the pieces and give them to you.

~

I'm broken here before you now,
I've given up all my way.


This life has become such a disaster,
So I surrender all the pieces to you today.

~

My perception of this puzzle must have been so dense,
because before you touched it, nothing made sense.

~

But now that I've laid it in your hands,
I now know that you are the key.


I could never finish it on my own,
I was incomplete, but yet you completed me.
© 2011 by Demesha Wright

Random Thoughts

Psalm 118:24


© 2011 by Demesha Wright

"This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."

So, the sun's shining, not cold, not hot...it truly is a BEAUTIFUL day...like..i've really been thinking a lot about creation...and just how awesome God is. I mean...look around...BEAUTIFUL. To think about Him placing the stars in the sky blows my mind. The earth, the sea...and then theres me. A nobody...nothing special...to think God made me...out of everything out there on the face of the earth, nothing fulfilled Him more than you and I. Someone He could love and who could 'choose' to return love. Someone to walk and talk with. To be in close intimate fellowship with. Looking at the beautiful sky wasn't enough, gazing at ocean waters and how the light reflects off its waves, and the way the sun sets at night...out of all that, He chose to be interested in me! Crazy!

Untitled - (Deliverance)

You smashed the head of the serpent,

that's been roaming within me.

Rebuked that filthy devil,

and he was forced to bow to thee.

I thank you sweet Lord Jesus,

for your mercy and your grace.

For your lovingkindness God,

and not turning your glorious face.

You've crushed me once again Lord,

Please leave me on the floor.

Here I feel your heartbeat,

and my soul aches for more.

Lead me on the water God,

help me not to fall.

I will fix my eyes on Jesus,

and listen to your call.

I desire to abide in you,

and rest beneath your wing.

Hold me tighter Abba Father,

I am yours, you are my King.

Analogies: Neglecting a Relationship

(Neglect a Relationship) - ANALOGIES

Analogy: Katie and Mark have been married now for 3 years. The marriage looks great, they've got a beautiful house, car, a new baby, etc. Well, one day Katie just decides not to come home. She's not on work leave, not visiting family, not at a friends, not with someone other man, but she just decides, "Ya know, I just don't 'feel' like going home to my husband tonight." Well, three weeks go by with no phone call, note anything. Finally, here she comes walking up to the front porch and of course her loving husband is sitting there waiting patiently.

Q: How does this affect their relationship?

Don't you think it'd cause a little 'tension'? Mark loves her and is faithful enough that he doesn't leave, but it takes some work for Katie to gain the trust and bond they had before.

Point of the Story: How do you think it affects our relationship with our lover, Jesus, when we neglect our quiet time with Him? It would affect it in a similar way as it would with that wife who left her husband temporarily. You'd have to work to get it back to where it once was. He is faithful and He will always do His part, it's just a matter of us doing ours.

Fallen

Where has my heart drifted,

Far once again.

Gazing at worldly things,

Where did it begin. (Contemplating Sin)


Maybe when I compromised,

By entertaining just one thought,

Or was it when I failed to read,

My own desires are what I sought.


I think it’s when temptation came,

I didn’t stop to pray.

Foolishly I leaned on my own strength

That’s when I went astray.


“Surely not I, I’ll never betray you,”

I cried out unknowingly,

But when time came to stand or fall,

I fell to corruption so easily.


I heard the whisper in my ear,

Nudging me to again choose sin.

That wicked voice I often hear,

Sad to say, this battle I didn’t win.


I let sin reign in my body,

I obeyed it in it’s lust.

Why didn’t I pursue righteousness?

I’m miserable now, I can’t go on, REPENTANCE IS A MUST!!!

Analogies: Term Paper

Term Paper...(Listening to instructions)

It's the end of the semester and it's near due date for the big term paper. You take your rough draft to your professor and have him proof read it. After looking over the pages, he returns the paper with indications of mis-spelled words, improper grammer, comma splices, etc. He makes some suggestions as to what could be added to the paper to make its presentation stronger. Well, you take the paper home and type your final draft but instead of making the revisions instructed, you decide to go back to what you had before your professor edited it. Now, when you turn this paper in you are dumbfounded that you have received a failing grade on the assignment. On graduation day you just hang your head in shame because you aren't able to walk with your classmates because of that failing grade you received. BUMMER! If only you would have listened to what professor suggested, you would have passed the class and made it...

POINT OF THE STORY...

Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, And like a cloud, your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you."

Acts 3:19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

When we come to Jesus with a sincere heart and repent (turn away) from our sins, He is more than willing to blot them out. Like with the professor, it's like Jesus has edited our life and shown us what needs to be done in order to live according to God's plan. The Bible tells us what God asks of us and how to please the Lord. When God has showed us what needs to be done, and what needs to be taken out of our lives or put into our lives it's up to us what we do with it. Wouldn’t it be foolish to return to those areas Jesus' blotted out and replace that portion of your heart with the exact same filth? It would wouldn't it? Too often we find ourselves doing this very thing though. It's like a post I made awhile back, "don't cry lead us not into temptation and then walk deliberately into it." When we cry out to God to forgive us of these things, we should turn away from them, not continue to embrace them. Another thing is just like that unfortunate student who wasn't able to graduate at the end of the year since he willingly chose not to take heed to the instructions given, same is in our walk with Christ. By the time our life comes to an end, if we haven't taken to heart the instructions given us by God and truly lived a life devoted to Him, we wont make heaven. Our God is merciful, loving and compassionate, but He is also just and full of wrath. A good judge gives a criminal their due punishment and same is true with our heavenly Father. Hell is home for the ungodly. Scary thing is with that students term paper, he knew exactly when it was due, but we have no clue when our live is due. (Let that soak in a minute). No idea when we will take our last breathe. That is why a decision needs to be made now. Apply those revisions to your life that the Holy Spirit has made known? Is there anything you can pinpoint that is displeasing?

Stop the Ride

Too many times I've cried to you,
"Please forgive me, again I have sinned."
What's different now is I have learned,
If I turn to you Satan is pinned.
I'm tired of returning like a dog to his vomit,
I am through coming with empty promises.
Jesus, I know that you will pick me up,
and the god of this world only demolishes.

Lord, I want to serve you passionately,
but I know I am prone to fall.
Only if I lean on you,
will I be able to stand at all.


Daddy, I am through with this "amusement park,"
with "Roller-coaster Christian" me.
I'm sick from all this up and down,
In your arms is where I long to be.

Here it goes, I'm getting off,
this is where I stop the ride.
Forget waiting until the gate,
On this hill I must smash my pride.
So here's the deal, I'm sure to fall,
If I dismount on my own.
If I hit the bottom I'll surely die,
So Lord please carry me to your throne.

My hands are stretched, my eyes are closed,
I'm coming with godly sorrow.
I'm walking to you, leaning on faith,
There is no way I can wait till tomorrow.

Analogies: Hindering a Relationship

Hindering a relationship...(ungratefullness)

Mom spends all day cleaning the house and finally everything is right in place. She steps out to run an errand, and while she's out you totally trash the place. When mom returns from the store, how do you think she'd react? Would she run up to you and give you a great big hug and kiss? "It's okay sweetie, I like the house messy!" No, she wouldn't react this way, you'd probably get some sort of punishment, and she'd be pretty upset right? Right!

Now, let's think about Jesus for a second! At the point of salvation, Jesus comes into our hearts and washes away our sins. He forgives us of the evil we participated in before and the Bible says He throws our trangressions as far as "east is from the west." Now, how do you think He must feel when he takes a look inside afterwards, and you have brought those filthy sins back into your life? He has every right to be displeased knowing that He was willing to sacrifice His life so that we might live, so that our sins may be forgiven us. Don't you think He is worthy of every area of our lives in return? Yes, I know, we do mess up, but we shouldn't continuously fall to the same sin over and over again after it's been cleansed from our lives. It doesnt have to be a vicious cycle, there really is victory in Christ.

Acts 22:16 And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'