picture: the eagle's pride

Here is the picture that the Lord gave me: It looked like a political cartoon, there is a beautiful city abounding with blessing and the Lord is at the center. But the people push Him away from this place, and as they shove Him to remove Him, the picture crumbles and dispels behind them so they cannot go back because there is nothing to return to.

the eagle’s pride
©5-27-10 hannah mclean

stars and stripes,
how you have soared at heights like the eagle
a nation once abounding with blessing
centered on the Lord
but the pride of your heart has deceived you
for you push away
the Blesser, the Giver, the Keeper, the King

this land of rich blessing
crumbles behind you
as you show your Savior the door

do not be surprised
to find when you seek to return
that you cannot go back
to find that blessing no more abounds
amid stars and stripes
to find that your wings grow tired
and heights become depths
for such is the ruin that comes
when you remove
the Blesser, the Giver, the Keeper, the King

o Lord, have mercy
may the removers fail to
move You

"...that you may have strength to comprehend..." Ephesians 3:14-21

strength to receive
©5-8-10 hannah mclean

“resounding
abounding
I come to you”

full fledged light from Your face fills mine
the intensity of Your light
burns my skin
You are too much
clouds gently release me

strengthen me to receive You
expand me so Your fullness doesn’t destroy
i long for unhindered beams of Your glory
i desire to take You in
i reach for You
resounding
abounding
You come to me
i relish Your light

and every time i must close my eyes
i lament my weakness as
i ask for the strength to receive

Ephesians: Song 1

©5-4-10 Hannah McLean

Chorus:
You lavish the riches of Your grace
flowing with favor from Your face
as You turn to us and shine on us

Your plans for the fullness of time
expand for the fullness of man
Father of Glory, we bow our knees

Verse 1:
There are dimensions to Your glory
that even angels long to see
but it’s the unveiled eyes of man
that behold the mystery of Your plan

Verse 2:
Chosen to be Your children
before the world would be
Brought near to You, Father
by the blood Christ shed for me
Blessed in the Beloved
by the riches of our Lord
Receiving every promise
by the Spirit in the Word

Chorus