lyrics to "He Knows"

I wrote this song some time ago...about God's familiarity with all our ways, light and dark, best and worst..the whole of our lives all indelibly in His mind and heart.

I sang it last week in Stuttgart, Germany, at the FOKUS leadership conference with the Willow Creek Association.  At the bottom of this post is a link to a video with part of the song captured in the arena by my friend Bruce Smith.

he knows

He knows

He knows

He knows

that’s what I want to say

He knows, I know He knows

He knows your name, He knows

He knows your pain, He knows

that’s what I want to say

He knows your smile, He knows

He knows your joy, He knows

He knows your fear, He knows

that’s what I want to say

He knows your secret thoughts

your worries and your doubts

the dreams that keep you up at night

and toss and turn you

He knows the things you worry about

He knows the things you wish you could stop

He knows the ugly words you say

that you don’t understand

He knows the things you wonder about

He knows the million questions

He knows the hunger and the burning

curiosity

He knows the victories you’ve won

and He knows all you loved and lost

and what it is that rips you up inside

the things that make you cry

He knows the truth you wish you knew

He knows the good you wish you’d done

He knows the things you wish you’d never seen

or thought about

He knows the private agony

He knows the secrets you can’t hide

He knows the ones you wish you’d never hurt

the hearts you’ve broken

He knows as you’re moving closer to Him

sometimes you just want to run

He knows you want to tell Him things

you’ve never told anyone

He knows you want to fall down on your knees

knows you want to beg Him please

He knows you need just one more chance

He knows all that and more

He knows

He knows

He knows 

and never walks away

© 2006 Greg Ferguson

link to video He Knows

flow

Exploring what it means to be "in the Zone.."


flow

i want to understand the Flow of the Spirit
in the art of
creation,
invention,
communication.

this much i now know..
Flow is not an achievement.
not a switch we turn on and off.

it is a gift bestowed..
a phenomenon.

i have felt the difference.
i recognize it.

the dictionary on artifice: 
clever or cunning devices or expedients

i was trained
as many performers have been for centuries
in how to work by artifice,
by craft,
by strategy.

important tools.

but Flow is organic,
real..
not technique,
not fabricated,
and it comes only from
the Spirit of the Holy One.

it is a gift that we cannot work our way up to,

or strive to achieve 

as though it were an Olympic sport 

or a parlor trick.

it is not

sleight of hand.

it is a zone that can be slipped into.
but only by God's initiative.
i can't muscle my way through that door-
i can only trust my way in
and then enter only by permission,
by grace.

it is a seismic shift
in the center of my soul.
there is a deep central peace,
an eye of the storm.
then everything is fluid.
without anxious striving around the edges.

breathing becomes normalized.
a smile is real and not prefabricated.
there is lift,
free flight.
wind. glide.
insight. vibe.
the moment comes alive.

you can't just call this a brain wave.

one is being acted on from without.
infused from within.
it is a state of grace
and from it
a sacred moment
may proceed
and spread
rippling its way into
anyone in the vicinity
who is receptive.

quantum physicists
and cellular biologists
are racing
at great expense
to understand it.

i plunge into scripture for clues--
ransacking the pages of St. John and St. Paul,
grateful for hints and instructions
from this essential user manual for something Wild.

one thing is sure--
this is a blessed state,
a fount that we have the privilege of drinking from
upon occasion
at the prerogative of the
Great Creator.

i choose Flow over 

machination, 

over powering up, 

over strategy 

and device. 

i choose Flow over artifice.  

o Lord God,
Name above all names,
may i have more sips from this fountain?