Royals

So it's been a while! It turns out having a child is quite time consuming (who knew?) and I can only write when inspired. Anyway...

I was listening to the song Royals by Lorde a while ago and felt inspired to reword it. I'm not the worlds most capable vocalist so the lovely (and she's only 16!!) Rebekah Jones kindly recorded it for me. Here it is (the lyrics are below);

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4wgllcc4ygg8dq6/Royals.mp3

I've never seen my saviour in the flesh

I put my trust in other things I was empty.

And I'm not proud of my success,

I was torn-up, lost, until He saved me

But everyone's like no way, not true, livin' a delusion

Blood stains, not real, trustin' an illusion,

I don't care, I'm living, I know it's more than dreams.

But everybody's like earth's all there is, you can never find peace.

Get brains, eyes and, tell us how you've been fleeced.

I don't care, I'm so caught up in this love affair.

And I'll always be royal (royal).

Cos the son gave His blood,

That kind of love poured out for us.

He gives a different kind of buzz.

Let Him be your ruler (ruler),

You can live your life free

In Him we'll rule,

I know, it's not fantasy.

[Verse 2]

And now He's paid the debt I owed,

I'll count my blessings every day on this journey.

And everyone who knows me knows that He's mine, I'm His.

My Kings all I need.

But everyone's like no way, not true, livin' a delusion

Blood stains, not real, trustin' an illusion,

I don't care, I'm living, I know it's more than dreams.

But everybody's like earth's all there is, you can never find peace.

Get brains, eyes and, tell us how you've been fleeced.

I don't care, I'm so caught up in this love affair.

And I'll always be royal (royal).

Cos the son gave His blood,

That kind of love poured out for us.

He gives a different kind of buzz.

Let Him be your ruler (ruler),

You can live your life free

And in Him we'll rule,

I know, it's not fantasy.

Ooh ooh oh

It's better than I ever dreamed,

And there's more to life than what I've seen.

Ooh ooh oh

Life is great, nothing compares

So get caught up in this love affair.

And we'll always be royals (royals).

Cos the son gave us His blood,

That kind of love poured out for us.

He gives a different kind of buzz.

Let Him be your ruler (ruler),

You can live your life free

And in Him we'll rule, we'll rule, we'll rule, we'll rule.

We know, it's not fantasy.

You're called

I wrote another poem in reflection of the word at church today. I'm certainly not as happy with it as the last one, and I'm not sure it captures the word brought. In my defence I was quite distracted :) Anyway here you have it...

You're called to rise, your flesh to tame

And germinate the seed

Your time has come to rule and reign

To follow Fathers lead

You're called to salt and light the earth

And make His kingdom come

To show the world His awesome worth

Your audience is one

You're called to set yourself apart

To clothe yourself in Him

To let God heal and prune your heart

And wash away your sin

You're called to worship Christ alone

To give no idol place

You're called to fall before His throne 

And seek his Holy face

You're called to this and so much more 

To change the world around

So let Him own you to the core

And let His love abound