Footsteps

Footsteps

Tonight I heard the sound

My heart, my soul, my flesh have longed for it now

I heard, I felt, the rumble

The rumble of God taking a step

He comes, with light in His eyes

With goodness flowing from Him

Love flowing from His every breath

Life arising, felling death

I heard it again, another rumble

Deep, shaking, earth-trembling

But what is this?

The sounds grow closer and closer together

Until it joins into a thunder

A mighty, shaking thunder

Faster and faster it rolls

Until I realize

It is my Father

Running to scoop me up into His arms

I fear no more

I fear no more

The rushing wind of His mighty arms sweeps me up

I am raised to new life

The thunder is now a roar, the roar of the Lion

The roar of billions of angels

Saying it is time to rise, look up, arise

The Father’s face I recognize

Though at first all I knew was the sound of His footsteps

It’s amazing at what happens in the silence

K. Duane Carter 12-29-11

Thunder

Thunder

Can you hear the roar?

Or better yet can you feel it?

Can you feel the thunder of His paws treading the earth,

Can you sense the wonder of the coming birth,

Can you smell the breath of life?

Can you feel the tremble of the groan,

As earth welcomes the Lion as its own,

The One Who made it and has come to reclaim?

I feel the tremors within my soul

My spirit charged with the power of the roll

Of thunder and lightning and color and light

I hear the darkness now it screeches in fright

And soon they will all be a vapor

They will all just be a vapor

No cancer, no autism, no poverty, no death

I can smell the release of the Lion’s breath

And it smells just like the rose, red in its depth

But brilliantly white, brilliantly light

Release Your roar O Lion of Judah

Release Your roar into this night

Release Your roar O Lion of Judah

Release Your roar into our darkest of nights

And we will watch Your glory rise

We will watch the bluest skies

Come forth like a bride in her beauty

Radiant and beaming and whole

Healed in body, spirit, and soul

Clamoring, pursuing the love of her life

Crushing darkness, crushing strife

Under the delicate feet of peace and love

Release Your roar into below and above

For the time has come to make merry

For the time has come to feast

On all the wonders of Father’s goodness

From the greatest to the least

We all come hungry for Your Love

I hear the Thunder

K, Duane Carter    5-4-10

Waiting

I am waiting for the roar of the water

I am waiting for the form and the flow

I am waiting for someone to tell me that I am alive

I’m waiting for the One I’m to know

I hear stories of past jubilations

I hear rumors that the Lion’s on the move

I hear of dead people raised up in a heartbeat

When their heart discovered the Source of all love

I still wait for the roar of the water

My heart feels now as if it will explode

I long for the face of the Glorious One

The One I am created to know

I want to live in His dream of my story

I want to ride as I hold on to the mane

I long to feel the pound of His hearbeat

Knowing that no moment is ever the same

I sit here and stare out this window

The same window I look out every day

And wait to hear, to see, to feel, to know

The One that I long for and pray

I hear Him running…

K, Duane Carter 4-22-10

The Lion Roars
The Ruler of the universe is near

He treads on paws larger than the sun
He is the King and the Glorious One
It is His heart, His heart I seek
He opens up His mouth to speak
And there is just this glorious light
This light that puts my fears to fright
This light that penetrates my soul
This light that says that I am known

By the One who releases it

The Ruler of the universe does roar
His calling makes our spirits soar
He is the King and the Glorious One
His word is brighter than the sun
It is His heart, His heart I seek
And some say He’s lowly, some say He’s meek
But I have seen and heard His roar

And I know that He is God

K. Duane Carter 6-6-09