In You Alone
a cry for help in the desert - 2/3/07

(from Doug Perry)
(Copyright FOTM 2007.  Copy freely but make no changes and do not use for any commercial purposes without permission.)

In You alone. 
In You alone.
There is no other hiding place.
I have no safety, I have no home.
In You alone is peace. In You alone is rest.
There is no safe place. In You alone I rest.

Please, Father, hide me. Please, Father, set me in Your tower.
Wrap Your arms around me, cocoon me in Your love. 
There is no place, there's nowhere, there's no hope, outside of Your arms.

I am Yours, I want no other, I am Yours. Hold me tight.
I am Yours, I want no other, I am Yours, Hold me tight.
Please Abba, I want no other, I am Yours. Hold me tight.

In you I trust, in You I rest, I have no peace but thine.
My eyes have failed, my hands have failed, my mind is good for naught.
My friends have gone, my family seeks my life, no man stands firm. 
But in You I trust, in You I rest, please hold me tight.

Please Father, please hold my hand. 
Please rub my head and tell me that it will all be OK.
Please Abba, please draw me close.
Please heal my heart and fill my cup full of You.
Please Lord, please hug me tight,
Please put it all back the way You wanted it all along.

Whatever it takes, whatever it costs, wash me clean,
Purge me, cleanse me, purify my heart.
I am dark with mud and dirt and blood.
I'm a man of unclean lips amongst an unclean people.
Touch a coal from Your altar to my tongue,
That I may speak only Your pure Truth 
And sing only your praises with all my heart.
Have Your way with me and cleanse this vessel.

I am Yours, I want no other, I am Yours hold me tight.
I am Yours, I want no other, I am Yours, Hold me tight.
Please Abba, I want no other, I am Yours, hold me tight.

Love Letter To My Husband
Written by Doug Perry, Copyright FOTM - 2007
Originally written 9/3/07

I want you.
I want you more than I want money. 
I want you more than I want fame.
I want you more than I want comfort.
I want you more than I want health.
I want you more than I want reputation.
I want you more than I want a ministry.
I want you more than I want friends.
I want you more than I want children.
I want you more than I want parents.
I want you more than I want an earthly spouse.
I want you more than I want sex or affection.
I want you more than I want freedom.
I want you more than I want food or water.
I want you more than I want breath.
I want you more than I want my next heartbeat.

I can't live without you. It hurts to even think about it. 

I'm sorry that I forget sometimes. 
I'm sorry that I forget your face.
I'm sorry that I forget your mercy.
I'm sorry that I forget your protection.
I'm sorry that I forget your provision.
I'm sorry that I forget your boundless love for me.

I'm a wretched man. I don't deserve you at all. 

Teach me how to submit. 
Teach me how to obey.
Teach me how to forgive.
Teach me how to suffer.
Teach me how to believe.
Teach me how to wait. 
Teach me how to persevere.
Teach me how to love like you do. 

I lay down my will at Your feet. 
You are Lord and King and Master and Husband.
Increase in me so that I can be like You. 
You alone are worthy. 
Break me and make me like You.

How I Long For You
a poem from Jesus to His Bride
(from Doug Perry)

(original text)

How I long for you. How I desire you
I have seen you from the beginning of creation
and I have longed for you.
There's none like you.
I long for you. You're my only one

My father designed you for me.
I gave up my flesh for you.
I was beaten and battered and bruised.
I'm continually ridiculed and scorned
Spit on and mocked, shredded and torn,
My blood lay all around.

You are my Bride,
So spotless and white.
Perfect in form and beauty, 
whole and complete.
Molded to fit me ... so perfectly.
Oh, how I long for you. 

I've seen you as you will be. 
And yet I can't you have you with me. 
You are married to the world. 
You're connected to the wrong one.
Bonded to all that is not of me.
One flesh with that which I despise. 

I've called you out, I've called you by name.
Dear Heart, why won't you come again?
What ties you to the world?
How long must I wait?
How I long for you. 

My tears flow all around,
My joy is gone without you.
I find no friendship, no solace,
no comfort and no peace.
Without you I am incomplete,
Oh, so empty.
How I long for you. 

Where are you my Bride?
Where are you my Love?
Where are you, Dear Heart?
I die daily without you. 
I want you, I ache for you.
How I long for you. 

I am crucified daily,that you might go free. 
I am shredded and torn, until your chains fall free.
I'm in agony, in agony ...
until the world is left behind.
Please, Dear Heart, Please leave all and come. 

Please Father, please say it's time. 
Have I waited long enough?
Please say it's time. 

How I long for you. 

Please come back to me, I'm waiting for you. 

I'm waiting for you. 

How I long for you.