Author - Clay Corvin

We claim our place on earth
Based upon our birth
None of us decided this
God gave life to us-a gift to use for good

We are aliens in this world
Called to live like Christ
Our relationship with Him
Is mirrored by the things we do

People count with Jesus
They should count with us
The greater our place
The greater our need for grace

Family is important
So is the widow, the orphan, and the poor
The better we treat the least of us
The stronger our relationship with Jesus

Each of us is first with Christ
He knows our name and our needs
Nothing we do surprises Him
Jesus is our friend

Clay Corvin October 4, 2008

He knew our need
Before we were
His love for us declared
He came into our world and died
His love for us explained
In the only way we could see
Jesus loves me

Grace is just the thing I need
Each day, each moment on life’s way
God’s good will
His hand of help
Strengthening me each step
Excellence reaching out to say
The Lord is in love with me

What a debtor
What a sinner
I have nothing to recommend my soul
Always going astray
Never following easily, I want my way
Selfish and assuming
But God is there and He loves me
Jesus has rescued me-I belong to Him

Clay Corvin October 4, 2008

We celebrate a joyous life
Mourning our loss
One man has made an impact
Our loss is his gain

A long life of value and worth
He cared for us-loved us
With courage when courage wasn’t cool
Hearing our hurts and pains
Living with a discipline that encouraged us
He knew each of us by name
Landrum walked to God’s song-Jesus

Family always counted
Wife, children, grandchildren, kin and friends
When you were with him
You were somebody and you knew you could win

A man with no guile
His vision was far-reaching and transparent
Tough with a heart of gold
Beulah land his goal-now he is there

He was our preacher, teacher, leader and friend
Strong guts, no quit
He hated dirt, debt and the devil
One man-Landrum Leavell II
We love him

Clay Corvin September 28, 2008-Wichita Falls, TX

Be careful what you do
Your mind will fool you
His way will disappear
Life will blind your heart
Peace will drift apart
You’ll find yourself alone
A long way from home

Guard against this thing
Run when you see sin
The world is at your door
Knocking evermore
Only you can send it away
Do it now or sin will stay

Study and seek
To be at Jesus feet
Remember He loves you
One day face to face
Prepare or be disgraced
Evil wants its way

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
Keep your eyes on Him
His strength will make you win
Your life will be in Him
Stand and let Christ in
Then evil will not win

Clay Corvin 9/20/08

I am an alien
Living in the land
It doesn’t belong to me
I live at God’s hand

Remembering whose I am
When suffering comes
Equips me to stand
In the midst of evil’s land

Lost horizons blind my sight
I fail to see Christ’s hold on me
Suffering dulls my senses
Today and now become life’s goal

Not true, not true
Grab hold of Christ
Run to Him
Seek His advice
Jesus will keep you free

Ethics compromised
Throw a blanket over the mind
Immerse yourself in Christ
Serve, love, surrender
Jesus will keep you free

As we stumble along the way
Everything seems easier for the wicked
Fear the Lord
Remember what Christ did on the cross
His faithfulness will be your strength

Suffering is always a danger
We are weak and shortsighted
Keep your eyes on Jesus
He will keep you free

Clay Corvin 9/20/08

Tragedy carries with it great gain
Earmarking our lives with a date
Personal, lifelong, stalking our dreams
Katrina did that to a million plus
Now we relive all of those dreams
Each time a hurricane attacks the coast

There is an anger that wrenches one’s soul
The heart grows cold at the thought
Everything comes to a stop
Again, we’ve got to run again?
But we do and we will
We know the consequences of not running

Things can be replaced
We know that
But we cannot replace things that were part of us
Our pictures, our events, keepsakes and mementoes
For the rest of our life we will feel that loss
The pain of the dream of losing our hold is real and lasts a lifetime

Clay Corvin 9/2/08

How many miles does it take to make a life?
Can it be done in a day?
Wiling life away, a foolish idea or mistake
A life wasted never to reveal the plan
Written in at birth
By the Lord of value and worth

For me it is at least sixty years
Some days have been low mileage
Others have been extra ordinarily long miles
Rode hard and put up wet
Wringing all of each hour
At the end of the day my soul proclaims success

Competing for who is more important
I vow my strength, only to be taken down by flu
People are quite weak and foolish
I pray for ending well
No sad and evil tale
Life takes the miles we use

Pray for the poor, the widow and the tot
Disadvantaged lot
They look to us
What would God require of you?
Your life and the things you do
You count and Christ enables you to do your part

Clay Corvin 9/2/08

How quickly forgotten, lessons learned
Disasters fade quickly from the mind
Now old thoughts and pains
Revived anew to live again
I am just as scared as I was then
Maybe even more
For my age is beginning to show
Frankly I am depressed

Faith is called for
Memories of the miracles worked before
Yet our hearts know what a sordid sort we are
Doubt takes control and seeps into my soul
Now I’m just as scared as I was then
I begin to shake, rattle and roll
My life is all a mess, woe is me, why
From His heart He calls, come to Me and I will give you rest

My arguments begin as time unfolds
A long ride from the storm
Fears chiding my mind
What ifs taking my time
I have bequeathed control
To the one who would waste my soul
Stop I proclaim in Jesus name I am free
Taking my eyes off the world and putting them on You, Lord

Clay Corvin

There were days when all seemed well
I knew my place and the world acted according to plan
I prayed and walked and knew how things were
Maybe even some of my thinking was tinged with tradition
But I wasn’t afraid nor did I question the Almighty
Jesus was Lord and I had a big smile

My prayers were full of pretty ideals
I wanted to change, be useable, different and other thoughtful ideas
I prayed this way for days and months and years
Maybe my life had even become a smug form of Christianity
Suddenly everything changed and my core beliefs were challenged
Lord things are different, I don’t seem to be in charge

I had a depth of helplessness that I had never felt
It hurt and in some way scared me
I felt I didn’t deserve the current unrest and chaos
An abiding sense of worthlessness clouded my soul
I was combating anxiety at every turn
The future seemed distant and I wasn’t sure anymore

What happened to the old me, the sure me, the joyous me?
My life and work counted then, now I’m at odds and loose
I need a pick me up, I need prayer, I need something I don’t have
I cry out to the Lord, please help me, help, please hear me
My begging only grows worse, my future unsure and do I really hope for better?
What will change this kind of life?

My mind returned to Rome, to Peter and Paul and their situation
I opened God’s Word to First Peter and began to read… I am an alien
My unrest, my anxiety, my disappointment had a base, I was an alien
This world is not my home and I am not alone and Jesus is on His throne
The Lord is One, He knows me and knows my need, He is listening to me now
Joy flooded my soul, my heart leaped, my prayers were being answered from HOME

Clay Corvin 9/8/08

Holy God, Loving Father
I seek to hear You
I want to know You
I will spend time with You
My goal is to grow

A prayer place is required
A special place
A certain place
Where I can be alone with You
To the exclusion of all of those things
That daily batter my soul

My Father You are so unique and special
The plan you have for me
You came looking for me
You saved me and are saving me
I am special to You and I know it
My Lord Jesus is so wonderful, He is good

As I pray I pray for souls
Asking for wholeness for those I know
Especially those who don’t like me
For the needs of those You entrust to me
For each moment of each day I ceaselessly pray
You’ve asked me to do this and I do

I love you and will not quit praying
I pray you will answer me
But if you don’t I know You love me
And You love those I know
Love is an action of Yours towards us
Love is who You are

Clay Corvin 8/23/08