Let It Pour – Dandelion – Margo Westmoreland Blehm

Instrument

By Margo Westmoreland Blehm

(Written when meditating and praying while looking for agates at the coast.)

Make me an instrument of Your peace

Fill my heart with Your spirit sweet

Let me start over with Your love in me

Make me an instrument of Your peace

Use me despite myself

Don’t let me get in the way

Cover my mistakes

Make me an instrument of Your peace

I Believe

By Margo Westmoreland Blehm

(This is based on one of the my very favorite texts in the whole Bible, Ephesians 3:20. I wrote the verses to this poem once, while praying for wisdom and guidance regarding a specific situation, especially regarding the best way to communicate with this person. Later I ran across this poem and decided to turn it into a song. It’s one of my favorites.)

Give me wisdom, give me words

Let Your voice alone be heard

Let someone I greet be stirred down in their soul

Fill me with Your spirit sweet

Guide my hands and guide my feet

Draw some person that I meet and make them whole

I believe You are able

To do exceedingly

abundantly above all

I ask or imagine

I believe You are able to do exceedingly

According to Your power that works in me

Lord, I believe

Use me Lord how You see fit

Surround me with Your Spirit

More and more and more of It is what I need

Never do give up on me

Please keep writing my story

Finish growing this small seed

Lord, I believe

I believe You are able

To do exceedingly

abundantly above all

I ask or imagine

I believe You are able to do exceedingly

According to Your power that works in me

Lord, I believe

Yours

By Margo Westmoreland Blehm

(If you live anywhere in Northern California you probably experienced the powder outages the last few falls. We sometimes didn’t have power for almost 3 days. It really makes you realize the gifts you take for granted!

But how many of us are guilty of letting the gifts and blessings in our lives make us so busy that we don’t have time for the Giver of those gifts. Maybe sometimes it’s good to be cut loose from electric power so we can find where our real power comes from.

Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit. Zachariah 4:6 jSet your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:2.)

A million plans are spinning, spinning inside my head

And I can’t seem to turn it off today

A million things are calling, crying for my attention

Threatening to pull my heart away

But my heart is Yours

I love You more than these

All I have belongs to Thee

Any silver or gold

All I am or hope to be

To You I owe

Every breath that I breathe

Comes from Your hand

May I glorify Your name

With everything I am

For my heart is Yours

The blessings You have given are so many and so good

Each moment is a precious gift, it’s true

I pray that I remember You’re the Beautiful Giver

And never put the gift ahead of You

For my heart is Yours

I love You more than these

All I have belongs to Thee

Any silver or gold

All I am or hope to be

To You I owe

Every breath that I breathe

Comes from You

May I glorify Your name

With everything I do

All I have belongs to Thee

Any silver or gold

All I am or hope to be

To You I owe

Every breath that I breathe

Comes from Your hand

May I glorify Your name

With everything I am

For my heart is Yours

Yours

Lovely

By Margo Westmoreland Blehm

Written in 1996

Jesus, I adore You

You’re the Best Thing in my life

The more I learn about You

The more I realize I’ll never walk without You

But I often fall, and don’t hear You when You call my name

Lord, forgive me for failing You

My stubborn heart keeps hindering me from revealing You

But Your love’s mighty, more mighty than the darkness in my heart

You can soften and sweeten and make my heart clean

And if I rest in Your grace, keep my eyes on Your face

You’ll shine through and make a lovely thing out of me

Teach me Lord to listen, to be open to your will

Make my heart like Your heart

May I follow You

Give me a new start

I cannot, of myself, be the child of God you made me to be

Take away my selfishness and purify me

Change my heart and sanctify me

For Your love’s mighty, more mighty than the darkness in my heart

You can soften and sweeten and make my heart clean

And if I rest in Your grace, keep my eyes on Your face

You’ll shine through and make a lovely thing out of me

Create in me a clean heart

Restore unto me the joy of Your salvation

For Your love’s mighty, more mighty than the darkness in my heart

You can soften and sweeten and make my heart clean

And if I rest in Your grace, keep my eyes on Your face

You’ll shine through and make a lovely thing

You’ll shine through, and make a lovely thing of me

No War No More

Isaiah 2:3-4.

(One of my favorite scriptures! How could it not be! Soon and very soon Jesus will come back and this promise will come true. We will forever be at peace with the world and each other.)

Come, and let us go up to the mountain of God

To the house of the God of Jacob

He will teach us His ways

And we shall walk in His paths

For out of Zion shall go forth the law

And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem

He’ll judge between the nations

And rebuke many people

Chorus:

They shall beat their swords into plowshares

And their spears into pruning shears

Nation shall not lift up sword against nation

Neither shall they learn war

anymore

Repeat Chorus

Together

By Margo Westmoreland Blehm

(It was one of those summers. Unrelenting heat…which was bad enough…(our town gets up to over 110 degrees in summer on a regular basis) but then in addition to that there was the added heat of dealing with family dynamics.

I am a child of an aging parent. The privilege of having your parents around into their 90th decade, is a huge blessing. But along with it comes a lot of, well, agony and angst! Transitioning from the child role, to taking on more of a parent role, and all the repercussions that come with that, is tricky ground and I keep saying they need support groups for this phase of life!

That summer was one of the absolute hardest times for me. My aging parent had decided they didn’t require my help, didn’t want to give up control over parts of their life, however much it was needed. I had to start managing that ‘ship’ from afar, trying to do damage control and steer things remotely, to try to protect this parent as they made poor decisions. It was one of the most stressful times in my whole life.

Right in the middle of all this, I had a dream. I dreamed I was walking along and came upon a music festival. There was a band playing and as I walked past I caught the words to the chorus: “We’ll get through this together, together Margo!” Now if you have a name like mine, you can never find a keychain with your name, much less a song. In my dream I looked at the lead singer and thought, he’s singing to ME! When I awoke I was blown away. Either it was my brain writing a song for me in my sleep, or it was God, encouraging me through those hard times. I chose to go with the latter. Remembering the words and tune of the chorus, I added two verses and it ended up being one of my favorite songs. How could it not be?! The only song in the entire world with my name in it.

But, it didn’t really make sense to people when I sang it that way, as if i was singing to myself. So I re-worded the song and here is the new version.)

You were there when we were just a thought

And long before that, You were anticipating

The day when You’d create the world

You were there when we took our first steps

And it wasn’t long, we were running, and falling

You were there to lift us up through each trial and milestone

Saying, we’ll get through this together, together we will

We’ll get through this together

Together

You’ve been there for us through every storm

Thru every black cloud, You have promised You’ll hold us

Why do we ever doubt the letter You wrote us

We must remember that You made our hearts to be just like Yours

and we’re growing, we’re growing

But through the growing pains

We are never alone

No, we’ll get through this together, together we will

Yes we’ll get through this together

Together

Blue

By Margo Westmoreland Blehm

Written in 1997

I have no reason to be blue

You’ve given your promise to always be true

Your eye is on every detail

You prove every day that Your love never fails

And I love You, teach me to trust

Teach me to rest in Your care

Take away my anxieties

And give me the faith not to fear

My blues always fade at the thought of You

For your love is truer

Your love is truer than blue

Blue

‘Be anxious for nothing’, You said

‘Rejoice in the Lord every moment instead

Be not dismayed, I am your God

In Me all things work together for good’

‘And I love you, in Me you can trust

Let go and rest in My care

Give me all your anxieties

And I’ll give you the faith not to fear’

My blues always fade at the thought of You

For your love is truer

Your love is truer than blue

Blue

At Your Right Hand

(Stan Ramley asked me to turn Psalm 121 into a song. This is what I came up with.)

I will lift up my eyes to the hills

From whence comes my help?

My help comes from the Lord

Who made heaven and earth

He will not allow your foot to be moved

He who keeps you will not slumber

Behold, He who keeps Israel

Shall neither slumber nor sleep

The Lord is your keeper

The Lord is your shade at your right hand

The sun shall not strike you, strike you by day

Nor the moon by night

The Lord shall preserve you

from all evil

He shall preserve you

Preserve your soul

The Lord shall preserve your going out

And your coming in

From this time forth, and even forevermore

and even forevermore

The Lord is your keeper

The Lord is your shade at your right hand

The sun shall not strike you, strike you by day

The Lord is your keeper

The Lord is your shade at your right hand

The sun shall not strike you, strike you by day

Nor the moon by night

One

By Margo Westmoreland Blehm

Ephesians 4:4-7

To every one of us is given grace

According to the gift of Christ

For the perfecting of the saints

For edifying the body of Christ

Till we are one

Chorus:

There’s one body

And one Spirit

One hope, one Lord and one faith

One baptism

One God and Father of all

Who is above all, and through all and in you all

Till we all come into unity

One

So we being many, are one body

Under one head, One body in Christ

Our gifts differ from one another

Fitted together by the grace of Christ

Till we are one

Repeat Chorus x 2

Apples

Scripture Song Bible Study on speaking with Grace.

(I often struggle with knowing the right words to say. I wrote this song because I needed to keep God’s promises regarding Spirit filled words,

close to my heart.

“Don’t waste time trying to make your mark upon this world, but let God paint His picture of love upon your heart. God can give us words, gripping – more than a Television drama. God will touch our lips. God will fill you with words you should say. He’ll take your words and translate them into what people will understand. “ -Dr. Ray Allen

Sermon at Malmo.

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A word spoken in due season, how good it is!

Proverbs 15:23

The Lord has given me the tongue of the learned

That I should know how to speak a word in season.

Isaiah 50 verse 4

Apples of gold in settings of silver

A word fitly spoken, a word fitly spoken is like

Apples of gold in settings of silver

A word fitly spoken

Proverbs 25:11

Walk in wisdom toward those outside, redeeming the time

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt

That you may know how to answer each one.

Colossians 4, verse 5 and 6

Apples of gold in settings of silver

A word fitly spoken, a word fitly spoken is like

Apples of gold in settings of silver

A word fitly spoken

Proverbs 25:11

Who has made man’s mouth?

Have not I, the Lord?

Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth

And teach you what you should say

Exodus 4:11 and 12

Apples of gold in settings of silver

A word fitly spoken, a word fitly spoken is like

Apples of gold in settings of silver

A word fitly spoken

Proverbs 25:11

Just Fine

By Margo Westmoreland Blehm

Based on Revelation 3:14-19

Until You broke through, I was fine

Pretty good compared to most

I thought that I was on Your Road

Until I saw You, I was fine

Thought that I was following

close behind

But suddenly, I saw Your Light for the very first time

I hadn’t seen that I was wretched

I hadn’t seen that I was poor

I hadn’t seen that I was blind and naked

Miserably torn

I wasn’t searching for your fountain

I wasn’t looking for your gold

Never sought after your eyesalve

Or for your precious Robe

I was fine, just fine, thank you

Chief of sinners, in a church pew

All full of self and full of me

No wonder I could not see

So many fears, so untrusting

Every insult tortured me

And took away my peace

Now I realize my sin was simply, simply unbelief

I didn’t know I was this wretched

I didn’t know I was this poor

I didn’t know I was this blind and naked

Miserably torn

Half-heartedly searched for your fountain

Half-heartedly looked for your gold

I thought I had your eyesalve

I thought I had Your Robe

I was fine, just fine, thank you

I knew I’d only given pieces of my patchwork heart

At times I’d agonize with You to take the other parts

But often coasting and asleep, often wandering from Your path

Wondering why I’d fall so fast and hard when any trial blew past

But then You came through with your sweet presence

You promised to make me well to make me whole

In Your precious blood and robe you covered me

And gave me all Your gold

I didn’t see I was this wretched

I didn’t see I was this poor

I didn’t see i was this blind and naked

Miserably torn

But now you’ve given me your fountain

You’ve given me your gold

You’ve given me your eyesalve

You’ve given me Your Robe

I’ll be fine, in You, thank You

Thank You

The Plan

By Margo Westmoreland Blehm

Maybe someday I’ll understand

Maybe it will be clear someday

How someone with so much to lose

Could risk giving His life away

He came to earth from Paradise

Full of angels who praised Him with song

All heaven wept, seeing Him leave was hard to bear

But you see, this was the plan all along

He came down to this earth alone

A vulnerable tiny babe

King of Heaven so far from home

In a rough world that He came to save

God, one of us, for forever

We’re more blessed than if we’d never sinned

He drew us nearer than all unfallen beings

But you see, you have to invite Him in

His name was Jesus…He understood

all that mankind was going through

Our need for a savior was the reason He came

It was clear what He had to do

He walked the narrow path to the garden

Praying for grace to meet the trial to come

The angels wished to take Him home right then and there

But you see the battle was not yet won

Your name and mine was on His mind

As the cross bent Him down on that road

His love for me is what carried Him through

As He carried my sin with the load

He took my place on that hillside

On a cross meant for me when it was made

All heaven rejoiced, He died and rose and bought back His own

So you see, the price for heaven’s been paid

Let It Pour

By Margo Westmoreland Blehm

(Thoughts on a trip to Yellowstone watching storm clouds gather over the plains….

*The latter rain we pray for only comes through storms*)

The clouds are black and heavy, heavy laden

The skies are growing darker with each hour

The winds are blowing harder than I’ve ever heard

They’re bringing more than showers

It isn’t fear I feel, it’s expectation

I am not running or trying to get away

My face turned up, feeling drops of promise

Twirling circles in the spray

But let it pour Your rain on me

Pour Your cleansing waves

Melt and soften with Your healing streams

A fairer day is coming but for now

Let it pour

Feel Grace like rain

As Heaven’s gates pour down blessings

Let The Spirit, let The Word cleanse you deeply, gently

Don’t be afraid, don’t be alarmed

A tempest brings the rains that we pray for

Your Father’s hand will shield you through the raging storm

So let it pour that rain

Pour those cleansing waves

Melt and soften with those healing streams

A fairer day is coming but for now…let it pour

Oceans of love, drown me in torrents of mercy

Seven thunders, cry out the end of the story

Lightening flash, Let me see more clearly

More clearly

Pour Your rain on me

Pour Your cleansing waves

Melt and soften with Your healing streams

A fairer day is coming but for now…Let it pour

Tapestry Weaver

By Margo Westmoreland’ Blehm

(This is a song I wrote about a time in my life when I thought God was leading me to a mountaintop…I thought a lifelong dream of mine was finally coming true …but when all was said and done this dream did not come true…and I ended up in a deep and dark valley instead. But I’m learning that no matter what, I can trust Him.)

Another door is closing in the room

Another path barred, I can’t get through

Another dream I thought You gave me, crumpled to the floor, help me Lord

How in the world can I carry on

When all I see are shadows, deep and long

Oh Tapestry Weaver, only You can see

the tapestry You’re weaving would not be as sweet

If each door You led me through

Was a door that I would choose to walk through

The shadows are required as well as the light

The rainbow needs the cloud as much as the sun so bright

Joy and pain color the precious thread that You are weaving through Your loom

And I’ll finally see, when it’s all through

It’s a picture of You

Another day it will be crystal clear

Another soul, saved, through your every tear

And another thing, that dream that died is precious in God‘s sight, with you He cried

Hope now shines brighter than when you stood on the sun

The shadows, all the painful shadows, will be glorious when this is done

Oh Tapestry Weaver help us see and believe

the tapestry You’re weaving would not be complete

If each door You led us through

Was a door that we would choose to walk through

And when all is said and done, we will be able to say

We wouldn’t change a thing, not a single detail

That bloodstained tapestry will be so glorious on that Day

We’ll finally see it was exactly what it took to bring us home

Transforming into glory all the devil meant for harm

We’ll see the heartbreaking beauty of the Weaver’s wounded hands on that Morning

But, another thing, that dream you had that died

Is waiting for you there on the other side

It’s waiting for you there on the other side

Oh Tapestry Weaver

Tapestry Weaver

Light shines more brilliantly when piercing the shade

The shadows make more beautiful the light of Your face

This precious tapestry with which You cradled the whole world

We’ll finally see, when it’s all through

Yes we’ll see, when it’s through

It’s a picture of You

Thank You

By Margo Westmoreland Blehm

Thank you Lord, thank you for the light

And thank you Lord for coming down to show us

Your power is beautiful and you rule with might

So it’s incredible that you still should love us

How can we show You we adore You

For your amazing sacrifice

We will show you that we love you

By reaching out for life

Thank You Lord, thank You for your grace

And thank you Lord for coming down to save us

Your love is beautiful, we long to see your face

It’s so incredible you soon will come to take us

How can we show You we adore You

For your amazing sacrifice

We will show you that we love you

By reaching out for life

How can we show You we adore You

For your amazing sacrifice

We will show you that we love you

By reaching out for life

Thank you

The 7th Day

By Margo Westmoreland Blehm

Listen to the winds blow as the storm clouds are starting to gather

They’re hiding the sun but That Rainbow promises comfort

The darkening sky carries hope of That new Day

just a few hours til Sabbath

Welcome His Spirit and open your heart up to God’s love

The world and it’s pleasures fade away as you turn to Jesus

His arms will hold you through this night til that Morning

just a few hours til that Sabbath

Lord we praise your holy name for the seventh day

Yes we praise your awesome name for the 7th day

Lord we long for that day when we’ll see your face

A thousand year Sabbath to sing your praise

Bask in His promise, rest at last, from earth’s tribulation

Sweet communion and restoration with your God Who is Lord of creation

The Word that breathed out stars will recreate our hearts

Let us rejoice for the sabbath

Lord we praise your holy name for the seventh day

Yes we praise your awesome name for the 7th day

Lord we long for that day when we’ll see your face

A thousand year Sabbath to sing your praise

And it shall come to pass

That from one New Moon to another,

And from one Sabbath to another,

All flesh shall come to worship

And we praise Your holy name

For these precious hours You made

Lord we praise your holy name for the Sabbath for the seventh day

Yes we praise your awesome name for the seventh day

Lord, you fill up our souls and we love you so

This day you have made is so beautiful