This Time, Lord...

By I.M. Ulysses

This time, Lord,
Let's do it right
This time, Lord,
Push back the night

This time, Lord,
It won't be as before
This time, Lord,
You've settled the score

This time, Lord,
I will look on the past
This time, Lord,
The dye will be un-cast

This time, Lord,
I will mourn the lost
This time, Lord,
I can count the cost

This time, Lord,
I'll see the other side
This time, Lord,
I won't need to hide

This time, Lord,
My tears you can dry
This time, Lord,
I won't need to cry

This time, Lord,
I get to go home
This time, Lord,
I won't be alone

This time, Lord,
There is peace at last
This time, Lord,
It is in the past

This time, Lord,
There will be no more
This time, Lord,
I know it for sure

This time, Lord,
I can start to heal
This time, Lord,
This hope is for real

This time, Lord,
Death will pass by
This time, Lord,
Only hatred will die

This time, Lord,
The battle is done
This time, Lord,
Thy victory's....won!

In remembrance of April 29th, 1983, when we left our home in Mississaga, Ontario for Calgary, Alberta. I remember this day with great sadness because it took me from all that I cared about; changing me, and hurting me deeply.
That hurt has stayed with me, every day, until now. On June 1, 2012, after 29 years and almost one month, my mother, brother, and I returned to where we started, to begin new lives.
I give glory to God for His mercy to me over those many years away, and ask His forgiveness, in turn, for all the anger, and hate, that filled my heart during that time. I also thank Him and praise Him for my bride, Mary, who showed me that love is greater than even my hatred. It was through her love, ultimately, that God brought me home and for that, I praise Him all the more.
The Lord sustained me when everyone abandoned and poured scorn on me, including my immediate family. To You, O Lord, therefore, belong all mercy, power, and glory, from everlasting to everlasting. In the name of Jesus Christ, AMEN!
"I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, [even] of thine only. O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come."
Psalm  71:16-18 

Two Years Today

By I.M. Ulysses

Two years today
Time stood in the way
On God's holy hill
With the sunlight at bay

Two years today
I had to decide
What to do
With this secret inside

Two years today
I took a deep breath
And began a request
That I'd practiced, out west

Two years today
I glanced in your eyes
And remembered those tears
From our last good byes

Two years today
I knew what to do
When I started to talk
About the future with you

Two years today
The angels were there
As I fumbled with words
That many would fear

Two years today
I took from beside
A hidden coat pocket
With a secret inside

Two years today
I asked you to be mine
And waited a second
For you to decide

Two years today
You cried and said yes
And gave me a kiss
To know I was blessed

Two years today
I boarded a plane
And flew to back Calgary
Where I had to remain

Two years today
A promise was made
And kept by our Father
In Glory arrayed

Two year today
Our lives were changed
And now we're together
In love, to remain.

For my bride, Marion, on the second anniversary of our engagement. I love you!