Good Morning Gorgeous

The Mirror Always Lies

When I look at you
I see such grace and beauty
When I look at you
When I look at you
I see such grace and beauty
I see the way that things were meant to be

You captivate me
You captivate me

The mirror always lies
It shouts out imperfections
The mirror always lies
The mirror always lies
Don’t look for validation
Don’t look for validation in its glass

You captivate me
You captivate me

The longing never filled
The craving and the pain
Can be dissolved in pools of love and mercy
We are not simply pawns
Victims in some game
We are planned and known and loved and wanted

CHORUS
Light a candle in the dark
See the shadows fly see the shadows fly
Light a candle in the dark
See yourself through my eyes see yourself as I do
You’re beautiful

We stand on precipices
waiting for the day
the day we think our life will start
Held back by images
of who we think You are
When You are love itself

CHORUS

Women of truth arise
Refusing all of the lies
Women of truth arise
Refuting all of the lies
Women of truth arise

When I look at you
I see what you were made for
When I look at you
When I look at you
I only see perfection
My one desire is for you to be free

Song Of Songs 1 v 15 and Chapter 2 vs 10-14

The Corn Was High

Verse 1
She left him in the summer,
When the corn was standing high,
Walked away from everything she knew.
He watched her as she faded
Faded from his sight,
Then her father
slowly turned for home.

Verse 2
She travels through enchanted places
Following her heart.
The sights and sounds intoxicate her senses.
But what she thought was freedom,
Now threatens to destroy,
The riches that she
took from him are gone.

Chorus:
And the sun moves round,
Nothing is the same now,
Nothing is the same.
Seasons change,
He loves her more than she will ever know.

Bridge:

What was it that enticed her,
And stole her from his heart?
He would have given everything to keep her.
But love is not a tyrant,
And love is not a fool,
It knows what must be held,
And what let go.

Chorus:
And the sun moves round…

Verse 3
And now she is alone
Beneath a winters sky
Summers warmth a distant memory
She longs to be in comfort
In her fathers house
The memory of his love
Begins to draw her

Verse 4
So she starts the long walk home
Carrying her broken dreams
Practising her sorry words
Empty hands and empty heart
Will there be a welcome there?
Will there be a place for her?

Bridge:
She sees him in the distance
Running now to reach her,
Indifferent to the way he may appear
Undignified and joyful
He takes her in his arms,
Brushes past the tumble
Of her words.

Chorus:
And the sun moves round,
Nothing is the same now
Everything is changed,
And the sun moves round.
He loves her more than
She will ever know.

Verse 5
And here they are at table,
Talking face to face,
late into the dusky summer night.
Here begins the healing,
And here she is reborn.
His love covers all her shame,
His love covers all her shame.

Tgbtg © c.quin Luke 15

Bethany 2

(The Jar)

Here in my hands
I hold those feet
that walked
across the world to me
I hold you now
I wish it was forever
But something tells me
You are on your way

I break the jar
And with it I am broken
To be made new
From fear I am released
The fragrance fills the corners
and the spaces
Until my heart
it overflows with love

I don’t know what it was
That you saw in me,
that you received me
with such joy

And now the tears
Of Grace are falling,
To bless your feet
As you blessed me

You fix your eyes
On me as I tend to you
Deflecting anger
As it comes our way

The balm of
your forgiveness
is coursing sweetly
through my veins

Ahhh......

I hear your voice
Rise up above all others-
in my defense
You shoulder all the blame
No other man
Has loved me with such kindness
I’ll carry you
When you can walk no more

CODA
I never knew that
Faith would be my saviour
I walk in peace
In to new life…...

© Charity Quin tgbtg H’s Birthday! 8/11/17
LUKE 7 vs 36-50

Free

I was lost I was so broken
Living in the half light
Living in the shadows
And then one day
You came and found me
Took me by the hand and
Loved me at first sight

No one else would listen to me
Told me I was crazy
Said I was worthless
But you made time to
just be with me
giving me a purpose
giving me new hope

Now I run free
Winter is over
Spring has come
I run free
In the sunlight
The darkness has gone

I wonder why I never saw you
Heard in a church
Or met you in a temple
I never knew you were so gorgeous
So inviting
So delicious

I want to keep this simple faith
Keep you in my heart forever
Please don’t ever leave my side
I need you here, I need you now
INST
I run free
It’s a new day
Morning has come

Thank you my darling
From the bottom of my heart
You came and you saved me
You came and you saved me
I want to follow now wherever you may lead
Wherever your love takes me

I run free
It’s a new day
Morning has come
I run free
In the brightness
The darkness has gone
I run free
It’s a new day
Winter has gone
I run free
In the brightness
The radiance of your love, your love, sweet love
The radiance of your love

©Charity Quin Nov 27th 2017 tgbtg
(started on Eddy’s birthday!)

Just Another Day

Another day dawns
Just like so many others
Nothing to distinguish it or mark it
I wake I stretch
I stretch and yawn
Watch the man beside me breathing low

He used to mean the world to me
My life my everything
But now I feel an emptiness inside
Why can I never settle
What is this thing I feel
That always longs for more

I’m dreaming as the water
Sparkles in the washing bowl
Thankful for the coolness on my skin
Dreaming as I wind a cloth
Around my hair
Wondering if real love will ever find me

Real love real love real love

As I walk the hillside
Away from village sounds
Here there is no noise of angry voices
Just the stillness and the heat
Of the noonday sun
I wonder if my life will ever change

Real love real love real love

He seemed to come from nowhere
He seems to fill this space
Now He’s asking me to draw Him water
He walks across the lines
of gender and of race
Light as any feather to my heart

I am thirsty at my own well
Tired of it all
But as we speak my heart begins to lift
His words go deep within me
They resonate and ring
He offers living water running deep

real love inst....

And now He tells my story
As if He knew me well
Unfolding all the dark and hidden places
I see no condemnation
His eyes are pools of love
I have the choice to brave or to resist Him

© Charity Quin 3/2/09-17/3/17 tgbtg

John 4 vs 4-30

Let The Words Dance

Down in the dust you write
While the accusations fly
Down in the dust you write
Down in the dust you write
While the accusations fly
Down in the dust you write

Here we are together
The maker and the maid
Standing in this little space in time
You and I together
The sinner and the slain
The Holy one unflinching by my side

Let the words dance
Let the words dance and come alive
Let the words dance x 2

Down in the dust you write
While the accusations fly
Down in the dust you write x 1

All that I have ever done
And all the pain I’ve caused
Seems naked here for all to see
Who cannot see their own

Fear and condemnation circle us like wolves
My life is in your hands and in your words
the heat and dust intensify intensify and breed
I dare not look at you
Or take you in

Down in the dust you write
While the accusations fly
Down in the dust you write x 1

At last you stand and straighten
Fire in your eyes
You drop a question into all the noise
Is there one among you
truly without sin
Let him be the first to cast a stone

Let the words dance …x 2

Slowly they all slip away until we are alone
I tremble as I look into your eyes
Has any one condemned you? no sir no not one
Then nor do I go and sin no more!

Let the words dance...x 4

I pronounce you virgin and untouched and without blame

© Charity Quin 10/3/09 - 13/9/17 tgbtg

John 8 1-11

I Remember The Day

I remember the day,
the day we first met,
You came into my life,
like handfuls of diamonds.
I remember the day,
the day we first met,
You came into my life,
like an open door.
I remember the day.

You were shards of pure light,
You didn’t recoil
as you looked in my eyes.

I remember the hunger,
as You moved towards me,
and I moved towards You,
I remember the thirst.
You saw where the thorns,
had grown under my skin,
with precision and care,
You excised the ghosts.
I remember the day.

You were sweetness and life,
So pure that I cried.
You banished the dark.
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Love like no other before or since,
That lay down, in the dirt of my life,
and talked with me there,talked with me there,
and even found joy …
and diamonds worth dying for, I remember the day.

tgbtg ©Charity Quin. 2014

Red Shoes

Martha Martha, kicking up stones
Scuffing at the toes of her new shoes
Martha Martha, sitting in a tree
Wondering about what’s in her head

Tumble tumble thoughts like little birds
Are fluttering together in their cage
Oh my my, can’t seem to find the thread
To unravel and reveal the real me

Tired so tired what a long day its been
Busy busy nothing ever finished
Nothing seems to come to anything worthwhile wasted time and energy mispent

Perfect perfect I am the perfection
You have struggled for and never found
Still be still and see the things that matter
See the things that make a life worthwhile

You and I can do the work together
Everything will sparkle with my joy
Let me help undo your angry fists
Tell me all your worries and your fears

Stop and see the beauty all around you
If you rest the work will still get finished
Calm your mind and focus on my words
They’ll soothe your troubled soul and bring release

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Martha Martha sitting in the bows
dream with me along the reedy river
Martha Martha, change the lense and focus
Let the water slip through open fingers

A kingfisher darts
In a slanting of light
The river sings quietly wending its way
A little bird calls as it feathers its nest
All is at peace all is at peace.

© Charity Quin 2008-2017 tgbtg

Time Stands Still

CHORUS:
Time stands still
Whenever I am with you
Time stands still
Time stands still
Whenever I am with you
Time stands still

Sister won’t you join us
Leave your cares awhile
There is so much more
Than what you see as real
I understand the urgency
Of all that must be done.
But sit with us
Eat and drink a while

CHORUS:
Time stands still…

I wish it was that easy
I wish I could let go
But I am tyrannised
By ‘shoulds’ and ‘oughts’
The tyranny of timescale
The pressure and the rush
I wish I could let go
And let you love me

Lalalala….x 2

Be you Mary or a Martha
I love you both the same
It never was a case of competition
But one thing never changes
The need to hear my voice
The treasure that is found
When we are still

Chorus… x2
Time stands still
Whenever I am with you
Time stands still
Time stands still
Whenever I am with you
Time stands still

© Charity Quin 2010 tgbtg

Ruth

She stood so tall a slender reed
Ever bending to your heart
Her face was dark and beautiful
And her hair hung down

She loved when all was taken from her
Loved in spite of pain
Her face was set and her heart was strong
I will not leave your side she said
I’ll go where you must go
Your people will become my own
Your death my resting place

And so they travelled side by side
Mile on weary mile
Until at last they reached the place
Naomi called home

They reached there in the barley harvest
All the town rejoiced
But Naomi rebuked their joy
My life was always comfortable
My every need was met
But God has dealt unkindly with me now

The woman Ruth found favour
Wherever her feet trod
She sweated in the fields all day
Barely taking rest

The harvesters called out
When they saw their master come
The Lord be with you
And with yours a blessing on your head

Who is this woman here with us
To whom does she belong
Her face so dark and beautiful
Such loveliness and grace

A Moabite they answered
And told him all her tale
Of how she left her own country
Of sacrifice and love

And everything they told to him
Touched him to the core.
His heart reached out in love to her
He offered her himself

To be redeemer kinsman
To be her sheltering place
He saw beyond her race and creed
To the woman that she was.

Inst….a blessing on your head

And so she took her rightful place
Her place in David’s line.
But what if she had been afraid
And fear had been her master.
And fear had been her master.

© Charity Quin 8/8/08 tgbtg

Darling One

Darling, do you hear me
recognize this voice,
I knew you long before the world began.
knew that it would come to this
This suffering.
But you are more than all of that to me

You’re the joy
That fuels the walk I have to take
You’re my joy my treasure my delight
You’re the one I came here for
I love you so
My love is strong as death and will prevail

I will cross the wastes of hell
And back for you
Within this body
And within this soul

Darling one
I watch you in the firelight
watch the candle as it starts to burn
twist a flower in the vase
it nestles in
Wonder at the beauty that is you

I will cross the wastes of hell
and back for you
within this body
and within this soul

I will throw your darkest deeds
into the deepest ocean.
As far as east is from the west,
remember them no more.
Death defeated, life restored,
Freedom bells are ringing.
I will rise again
a glorious day

inst x3

Open up your heart
and let my love pour in
Allow me to restore the love you’ve lost
My name has power
to break the chains that tether you
The world will see my love within your eyes

Hallelujah it is finished! Hallelujah it is done!x 6

© Charity Quin Nov 27th 2017 tgbtg

Seasons

We walk together
Through the seasons
You share the joys
The sorrows too
You lift me up
Each time I stumble,
You are my song
My freedom song

The road ahead
Is cloaked in darkness
But as I look
I see Your light
I hear Your words
Of love and comfort
I take Your hand
And walk with You

If You are with me
I can stand
within the fire
and the storm
my strength and shield
my hiding place
my roots go deep into Your love

Now spring is here
The rains are over
Blossoms form
On driest branch
I look around
and see the flowers
begin to grow
among the thorns

If I stay with You
I will grow
I will bear fruit
I will stay young
Within Your arms
I’m safe and warm
Your voice is shining all around

Your love is the constant
It’s in the warp and weft
You hold me sustain me
Surround me at all times
No failure no torment
Can drive you from my heart
No angel or demon
Can separate me from
Your love, your love
Your love, your love

My roots go deep into that love…

Psalm 1 v 3
Romans 8 v 38 & 39

© Charity Quin 16/6/16 tgbtg