Thursday, August 11, 2005

Love

"Forgive me Lord for the times I disgrace myself, restore me and I will return. Your discipline is that which I have known and loved. Teach me Lord, for I long to learn. Oh, how I need your closeness, your words so tender, your spirit which sets me free to live; free to move in the river of your love; know the blessings, and know the joy you give. My shepherd, you come and cry for me, hold my arms as I carry my cross. To live, to die for you is my hope. In your house, I know I'll never be lost."

"After I strayed, I repented. After I came to understand, my whole heart cried. I was ashamed when I heard you call my name, when you ran to me... you, with your arms wide. How my heart was wrought with the sin of my youth, 'till you washed me with tears and made it know, that you long for me oh, my father! You sang a love song, and made my hurts your own. My heart jumps up as I try to express with words what I can never comprehend: the love and the compassion you have for me, my God and my King, my hope and my Friend."

...thanks Bro. :)

Holding my last breath...

Why is it that when you sink... it's always an imperative to rise again? ...to reach out, break through the surface and retake ...breath? What's really the point though? What is it inside ourselves that keeps us up? Why can't we just slip downward... lay on the bottom? And why is it that the only thing that can drag us down... is ourselves? Most people never manage to rise any higher... never walk on the waves... most just bottom out... for good... let go. Do they know something I don't? *looks up from below the surface* *sighs* ... I guess I let myself drag me down again... *will be up in a while*