Takaisin kotiin (2016)

1. Tule kanssani, Herra Jeesus

– translation not available –

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2. Thursday afternoon (Torstai-iltapäivä)

Won’t you pull up a chair
And join me now
We’ve got all the time in the world
Won’t you forget your rush
And your anxious thoughts
Let me share this time with you
On this Thursday afternoon

1. This time it’s my treat
it’s on the house
Let me smooth those lines on your face
I can see who you are
there’s nothing to hide
Let this be a meeting, face to face

2. Just a simple cup of coffee
nothing else
But it’s you and me that make it a feast
You’ve got worries, so do I
there’s no escaping that
But to share the burden and the laughter is bliss

You were hesitant and timid
a little suspicious, too:
Is it possible to share this life
Could someone really care

3. Well, love is still around with us
I can see Him in this room
Won’t you sit right here and join me now
On this Thursday afternoon

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3. Dull pearls (Sameita helmiä)

Nothing but dull pearls
all of these years now
Nothing but dull pearls
on a tightly held string
And then You cut through my worn-out worries
(cut) through to the bone
Made me completely Your own

I am restless ’til Your peace
is born in my soul
Always soothing my fear and my longing
I am lifeless ’til You grant
a name to my being
show me who I am, take me by the hand
I’m a dull pearl ’til You come and
make me Your own
Speechless I am
at the thought of Your love

All of the time I had always imagined:
nobody knew and nobody could
Nobody cared and no-one was able
Still You constantly saw my face
kept me as the apple of Your eye

And yet You were there, You searched everywhere
searched all my hideouts to show that You care
No stone unturned by Your love so persistent
You risked all you had
to make me completely Your own

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4. Jumalan kevät

CONTENT TRANSLATION ONLY:

Let us wait for God’s springtime
hope will give us comfort to our everyday life
Still we journey on as the shadows
still we know: Heaven is open

Jesus is the door and Jesus is the way
gently He is bringing us to God
On our journey there will be wounds and bruises
let us wait for God’s springtime

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5. Day by day (Päivä vain)

(English translation Andrew L. Skoog)

Day by day, and with each passing moment,
Strength I find, to meet my trials here;
Trusting in my Father’s wise bestowment,
I’ve no cause for worry or for fear.
He Whose heart is kind beyond all measure
Gives unto each day what He deems best—
Lovingly, its part of pain and pleasure,
Mingling toil with peace and rest.

Every day, the Lord Himself is near me
With a special mercy for each hour;
All my cares He fain would bear, and cheer me,
He Whose Name is Counselor and Power;
The protection of His child and treasure
Is a charge that on Himself He laid;
“As thy days, thy strength shall be in measure,”
This the pledge to me He made.

Help me then in every tribulation
So to trust Thy promises, O Lord,
That I lose not faith’s sweet consolation
Offered me within Thy holy Word.
Help me, Lord, when toil and trouble meeting,
Ever to take, as from a father’s hand,
One by one, the days, the moments fleeting,
Till I reach the promised land.

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6. Faithfully Yours (Uskollisesti Sinun)

I wake up in the morning
I’m Yours
Put on my make-up
I’m Yours
Get ready for breakfast
I’m Yours
Always, faithfully Yours

Drive to work now
I’m Yours
Talking to people
I’m Yours
Sitting down for lunch now
I’m Yours
Always, faithfully Yours

Talking on the phone now
I’m yours
Laughing at a good joke
Always Yours
Walking through the woods
Once again: I’m Yours
Always, faithfully Yours

Crying, laughing
Sighing in the dark
Wondering, still knowing
When will I see Your face

Clear the table
I’m Yours
Helping with her homework
Always Yours
And finally bedtime
faithfully Yours
I’m always, faithfully Yours

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7. If I could (Jos voisin)

If I could be a window
If I could be a light
If I could be a blanket
To warm you in the night

If I could hold your sorrow
If I could dry your tears
If I could just protect you
From all the things you fear

Then will you know I love you
An will you know it’s true
That there is almost anything
That I would do for you

If I could pray for guidance
If I could ask for grace
If I could bring you hope
And show you Jesus’ face

If I could only tell you
How wonderful you are
And show you all the beauty
You bring to where you are

But I can only give you
The weakness who is me
And I can only show you
The things that I can see

And I can only ask the Lord
To be all that I lack
And help you out in every way
In each and every task

Then will you know He loves you
And will you know it’s true
That His love is really everything
And He gives this love to you

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8. Images of God (Jumalan kuvia)

Vast plains of cornfields and sun
soldiers, tanks and people on the run
Girl at her homework, prime minister asleep
lady looking for her husband – cause they’re in debt so deep
Far off there’s a battle and the boys herd the cattle
and everywhere I turn my head I see images of God

Everywhere I turn my head, everywhere I go
in the middle of nowhere, or downtown Monaco
There are eyes and faces, all kinds of places
there’s no way you can miss it though you try not to see it
cause everywhere I turn my head…

There’s a heart and a face so lovely and bruised
there’s a time and a space where He took the place of the accused
I just turn my head and see the image made perfect
love’s greatest risk, it was a heart broken to the core
debt charged no more
And I’m telling you now – that all of these are hearts designed for a greater love

Everywhere I turn my head and everywhere I go
in the middle of nowhere or downtown Moscow
There are eyes and faces, all kinds of places
there’s no way you can miss it though you try not to see it
cause everywhere I turn my head…

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9. Homesick (Jokainen kaipaa)

Homesick, everybody seems to be homesick these days
everybody in my neighborhood
The symptoms are so many
but I think, conclusion is the same

We’ve been away on our journey for so long
Day’s coming to an end, darkness falling
I wish we’d start to look around us
where was the road back home

We are dying to know where we’re going
there are so many roads, so many traps
Inside we know there’s a gap
leaving an aching there

And all that we want is to do the right thing
but powerless wringing our hands we stand
And in the end we’re just staring at ourselves
and all just because we’re so…

I believe a price has been paid
Come and hear your amnesty read

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10. Minäkin

CONTENT TRANSLATION ONLY

Every bridge has burned down, I stand at the door to a new country
I’ve been thinking through many long evenings;
maybe somewhere Someone is waiting for me

All the ties have been cut, I say goodbye to yesterday
I say goodbye to people’s opinions
I’m not going to listen to them anymore.

I would like to live my life without constantly looking back over my shoulder
I would so want there to be someone who knows me completely

I am ready to receive what(ever) the Unknown has for me
I only have an inkling about Him
something is whispering to me: He is alive, He is.

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11. Vasta aluillaan

CONTENT TRANSLATION ONLY

Days roll by, summers, winters – highway under my tires
laughter, worries, fears come and go – I see the eyes of people

The memory of Your promise – an inkling – still nothing
Your Word still follows me – under the surface the makings of a change/storm

Little did I know – You are always more
more than the mind of the world, or my mind, can comprehend

The memory of Your promise – an inkling – starting to see it already
Your Word always following me – under the surface the makings of a change/storm

It took a long time for me to get here – it’s been a winding road
still I understand just a little, but I know
It took a long time for me to get here – it’s been a winding road
still I understand just a little
but I know: I’m not afraid

I was looking for somewhere safe and for Your eyes – again and again
hoping that someone would see – someone I can rely on

I want to stand on a solid rock – stand, run, rest
I want a solid foundation – a foundation that lets me come, go and breathe

Tomorrow is still unknown to me
that is why today I sing of Jesus who is everything

Already I am waiting/anticipating the new that You have prepared for me
You ask me if I will consent – will I surrender completely

Now I know that I don’t want to remain standing still
the road is hidden in Jesus and it’s only beginning

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12. Keep you company (Pidän sulle seuraa)

It’s been along day, but the night is even longer
and I will keep you company and sit with you tonight
and with the morning light you’ll see

I will keep you company
in your head, in your heart, in your ears, in your eyes
always by your side

You can close your eyes now, you can go to sleep
cause I’ll stay with you
Stay through your dreams, sustaining and carrying you
and you will understand: I’ve been there all along

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13. Abide with me (Oi Herra, luoksein jää)

H.F Lyte (1793 – 1847)
Music: W.H Monk (1823 – 1889)

Abide with me: fast falls the eveningtide:
the darkness deepens:Lord, with me abide,
when other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
help of the helpless, O abide with me.

Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day:
earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away:
change and decay in all around I see:
O thou who changest not, abide with me.

( I need thy presence every passing hour:
what but thy grace can foil the tempter’s power?
Who like thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, O abide with me.)

I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless:
ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.
Where is death’s sting? where, grave, thy victory?
I triumph still if thou abide in me.

Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes:
shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies:
heaven’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee:
in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.