Arise My Love

   

Lord I hear you calling, I hear you beckoning me

Arise My love My fair one and come away with Me. 

Will you let go? Will you pay the price?

Are you willing to die and leave yourself behind?

I want to bring you into My chambers,

I have prepared a place for you

I want to bring you to myself;

there is so much I want to show you,

so much I long for you to see.

Will you accept this invitation?

Will you come and dwell with me?

Will you leave your past behind,

so the eternal things you can find?

Will you step into My  heart?

Just say yes and this journey will start.

I know there is a part of you that’s very much afraid

Afraid the price might be too high,

the cost might be too great.

There is nothing this will cost you

that you would want to keep

There is no price too high, 

there is no place too deep.

I have so much more for you 

than your heart can contain

More than your eyes have seen

or your mind comprehends.

All I have for you brings life

In the place I have prepared for you

there is no confusion; there is no strife.

There is a river of peace in me I want to take you in,

you will forget about your past,

you will forget about your sin.

I know it’s hard to let go of

what is comfortable and what feels safe

even if it’s not where you want to be.

You tell yourself it’s OK; 

you tell yourself you’re free.

Yet in your heart you know

you're not yet  who I’ve created you to be.

Arise My love My fair one and come away with me

Oh the sounds that you will hear,

the sights that you will see

You will come to realize only in me will you be free.

Sharon Trumps

Surrender

Surrender to the death of yourself

It is in dying that I live

only in dying that I live the life that is truly life

when I hold on to what was once life 
or what I believe was life

I am actually holding on to death.

I can’t take hold of life if death is in my hand.

This is the pruning, this is the pain

the cutting away of all that is vain

the removing of all that is robbing the vine

hindering the growth of what is divine

it has the appearance of life you see

but it puts you in bondage and wont let you be free

it lies to your heart, and it lies to your head

that if you let go you’ll be dwelling in death

many have perished believing this lie

and this is the reason, this is why

I am the Truth, the Life and the Way

and as you surrender you become a display

of My splendor and glory to a world lost in sin

who have yet to know there’s a way to come in

You’ll no longer live in fear of the pain

of the cutting away of all that is vain

As the gardener cuts branches 
that once looked so green

you must guard your heart 
against thinking He’s mean

For His motives are pure and one day you’ll see

that His death brought you life

and your death made you free.

It’s because of His love for the vine who’s the Son

He's preparing a bride and making them one.

Sharon Trumps