Wacky Wednesday

It seems like every time I hear this song it resonates with me.  The part in yello connects with what we read in our Made to Crave book. The first two stanzas  connects with what I've heard my sister and brother-in-law say about thoughts they have had since Stephen died and it seems like it connects with what Josh says on a semi-regular basis about the way he feels.
The part that is blue is encouraging to me because it reminds again that this life/movie is not about me...which is from the Francis Chan Book Crazy Love.
The summer of 2010 Big Daddy Weave performed after one of the Jacksonville Suns baseball games and I really wasn't impressed with them but still occasionally enjoy their songs. I thought about putting a picture in between each stanza like Sherri does sometimes (which I have copied shamelessly) but there wasn't enough time today to do that.  


I freaked out today because I thought I had missed E&E's appt. for physicals but it turns out it is tomorrow, seems like this school thing is all consuming and I would rather be on prozac if I'm going to be this tired from running at crack a dawn thirty but I have "the power of the hand of the universe".  
Which brings me to my prayer for you today.  I thanked God that he made you victorious today and that you  were able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the enemy and that you would take up the shield of faith and fight with strength knowing that the Lord is with you. Amen




I wish I was more of a man
Have you ever felt that way
And if I had to tell you the truth
I’m afraid I’d have to say
That after all I’ve done and failed to do
I feel like less than I was meant to be

What if I could fix myself
Maybe then I could get free
I could try to be somebody else
Who’s much better off than me
But I need to remember this
That it’s when I’m at my weakest
I can clearly see

He made the lame walk and the dumb talk
He opened blinded eyes to see
That the sun rises on His time
Yet He knows our deepest desperate need
And the world waits while His heart aches
To realize the dream
I wonder what life would be like if we let Jesus life thru you and me

What if you could see yourself thru another pair of eyes
What if you could hear the truth
Instead of old familiar lies
What if you could feel inside
The power of the hand that made the universe You’d realize All our hearts they burn within us
All our lives we’ve longed for more
So let us lay our lives before the one who gave His life for us

Heartache, Trust, Reasons

Every morning Air1 puts a smile on our face...literally, I am driving down the road with a big huge cheesy grin and singing...really loud during the Friday dance song.  But I digress.  One of my favorite songs right now is No Matter What by Kerrie Roberts. 
Last Sunday our Pastor rapped up his sermon series on suffering and after the service I asked the couple behind us if sermons like that still take them back to when their 9 year old son was dying of brain cancer?  Beth said, it will always be with them, and in fact, there is a boy in a kindergarten class at the school  where she teaches, that has brain cancer and is not expected to live so she has cried many  a tear the past couple of weeks as she has walked with his parents through their pain. 
So I ask God to remember Beth and Cathron when I hear this song, especially when she sings the line, "Before a heartache can ever touch my life, it has to go through your hands".  What a tremendous promise of care God has for us.  And the thought crossed my feeble human mind this morning, it must be a tremendous thing to know about your children...to know all this heartache is going to happen to His children before they ever do.  But I guess He has the blessed ability to see the end at the same time and the end is so glorious isn't it?  If we could only see "When you take that first step Into the unknown You know that he won't let you go" like Britt Nicole sings in her song Walk on the Water. If we could only see that He has us at every step. 
My other favorite songs right now are Avalanche by Manifest and NY2LA by Press Play...they just make me want to crank up the volume not grab a Kleenex.


Kerrie Roberts - No Matter What

When I leave

Am I too busy chasing a temporary fortune

That my priorities get lost along the road
The seasons bring their moments
They linger for an instant
They never wait for you to pay the debts you owe

When I leave I want to leave a memory filled with love

The kind you don't forget
When I go I want to be known
As one who lived with no regrets

If life is like a flower
Am I doing all that's in my power
To leave a fragrance behind
It's time to count my blessings

Forget about my savings account for a while I want them to say

What a glorious day
She had so much to gain
But she gave it away
And I want them to see something different in me
And that I'm going to be free

Some glad morning when this life is over I'll fly away
To a home on God's celestial shore I'll fly away
When I leave I want to leave a memory...

When I leave by JJ Heller