i have enough reasons to go. i'm looking for a reason to stay.
[and then i hear this:
consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. you know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. so dont try to get out of anything prematurely. let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.- james 1:2-4, the message]
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
i will write you a song
::or at least i will quote one for you::
...
i see your face in my mind as i drive away, cause none of us thought it was gonna end that way. now i dont know what to be without you around. never wanted this, never want to see you hurt. every little bump in the road, i tried to swerve. people are people and sometimes it doesnt work out. and nothing we say is gonna save us from the fallout. and we know its never simple, never easy, never a clean break, no one here to save me. youre the only thing i know like the back of my hand. and i cant breathe without you, but i have to. i'm sorry.
[hear this! sometimes things happen to us instead of because of us.]
...
all this time i was wasting hoping you would come around. i've been giving out chances every time and all you do is let me down. and its taken me this long, baby, but i figured you out. and youre thinking we'll be fine again but not this time around. youre looking so innocent, i might believe you if i didnt know. i could have loved you all my life if you hadnt left me waiting in the cold. and youve got your share of secrets and i'm tired of being last to know. and now youre asking me to listen cause its worked each time before. but you dont have to call anymore, i wont pick up the phone. this is the last straw. i dont want to hurt anymore. and you can tell me that youre sorry, but i dont believe you, baby, like i did before. youre not sorry.
[also known as, dont waste the pretty.]
...
why do we hurtle ourselves through every inch of time and space? i must say around some corner i can sense a resting place. with every lesson learned a line upon your beautiful face. get out the map and lay your finger anywhere down.
[in other words, take me with you.]
...
well, it feels like we're living from paycheck to check, and we wake up wondering what might happen next. sometimes it feels like we wont make it through, but the hard times pass like the good ones do. wrap your fingers and hold on tight. and i'll be right here beside you tonight. climb up here and watch the city glow. lets make a wish on the fireworks below. dont be afraid. we cant forget that these are the days.
[and by this i mean, keep that chin up.]
...
the new day dawns and i am practicing my purpose once again. it is fresh and it is fruitful if i win, but if i lose, i dont know. i'll be tired but i will turn and i will go, only guessing til i get there, then i'll know. all will be well, even after all the promises youve broken to yourself. all will be well. you can ask me how but only time will tell.
[also known as, have a little faith.]
...
and though i cant understand why this happened, i know i will when i look back someday, and see how You've brought beauty from ashes and made me as gold purified through these flames. here i am, at the end of me, trying to hold on to what i cant see. i forgot how to hope, this night's been so long. i cling to Your promise, there will be a dawn. after all this has passed, i still will remain. after i've cried my last, there'll be beauty from pain.
[less of me, more of Him.]
...
::and there was silence::
[also, i am happy for grace and hugs and laughter and kisses and genuinelove and goodness and chacos and dvds and chocolate and a God who is bigger than all of this.]
...
i see your face in my mind as i drive away, cause none of us thought it was gonna end that way. now i dont know what to be without you around. never wanted this, never want to see you hurt. every little bump in the road, i tried to swerve. people are people and sometimes it doesnt work out. and nothing we say is gonna save us from the fallout. and we know its never simple, never easy, never a clean break, no one here to save me. youre the only thing i know like the back of my hand. and i cant breathe without you, but i have to. i'm sorry.
[hear this! sometimes things happen to us instead of because of us.]
...
all this time i was wasting hoping you would come around. i've been giving out chances every time and all you do is let me down. and its taken me this long, baby, but i figured you out. and youre thinking we'll be fine again but not this time around. youre looking so innocent, i might believe you if i didnt know. i could have loved you all my life if you hadnt left me waiting in the cold. and youve got your share of secrets and i'm tired of being last to know. and now youre asking me to listen cause its worked each time before. but you dont have to call anymore, i wont pick up the phone. this is the last straw. i dont want to hurt anymore. and you can tell me that youre sorry, but i dont believe you, baby, like i did before. youre not sorry.
[also known as, dont waste the pretty.]
...
why do we hurtle ourselves through every inch of time and space? i must say around some corner i can sense a resting place. with every lesson learned a line upon your beautiful face. get out the map and lay your finger anywhere down.
[in other words, take me with you.]
...
well, it feels like we're living from paycheck to check, and we wake up wondering what might happen next. sometimes it feels like we wont make it through, but the hard times pass like the good ones do. wrap your fingers and hold on tight. and i'll be right here beside you tonight. climb up here and watch the city glow. lets make a wish on the fireworks below. dont be afraid. we cant forget that these are the days.
[and by this i mean, keep that chin up.]
...
the new day dawns and i am practicing my purpose once again. it is fresh and it is fruitful if i win, but if i lose, i dont know. i'll be tired but i will turn and i will go, only guessing til i get there, then i'll know. all will be well, even after all the promises youve broken to yourself. all will be well. you can ask me how but only time will tell.
[also known as, have a little faith.]
...
and though i cant understand why this happened, i know i will when i look back someday, and see how You've brought beauty from ashes and made me as gold purified through these flames. here i am, at the end of me, trying to hold on to what i cant see. i forgot how to hope, this night's been so long. i cling to Your promise, there will be a dawn. after all this has passed, i still will remain. after i've cried my last, there'll be beauty from pain.
[less of me, more of Him.]
...
::and there was silence::
[also, i am happy for grace and hugs and laughter and kisses and genuinelove and goodness and chacos and dvds and chocolate and a God who is bigger than all of this.]
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