Two Old Posts

Found these in my drafts.  

12/23/2011


New Me?

I did something very spontaneous the other day. I was commenting to a friend how "out of character" this was for me. She replied, "you have got to stop saying that. Maybe that wasn't how you used to be, but perhaps this is you now."

I thought about it. She is right. I have made a good many spontaneous decisions in the last year and a half. I can no longer say that it is "out of character." Todd would be proud!



11/21/2011 

Free

I just have to laugh at myself when I realize how seriously I take myself sometimes…and how I want to put God in a box. I get upset when I don't understand how to fit life into this box. I stomp my feet and cry and scream – all of which I have actually done this past week.

 But how awesome it is when I accept that none of it will fit inside my box…and the parts I have stored in there have pieces that are missing. Free. That's how I feel right now, free.

 I am giggling to myself because I am thinking of how trying to fit life into any kind of container is just like trying to zip up your overstuffed suitcase after you have managed to get the last item in (basking in your moment of triumph) only to look over and see another pile of things that needs to fit. Futile ;-)

Seek justice
Love mercy
Walk humbly with your God

We were made to be courageous
Lord, make us courageous

Courageous

Songwriters: HALL, JOHN MARK / WEST, MATTHEW

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But everything inside you

knows there is more than what you've heard

And you're on fire when He's near you

…
When everything inside me looks like
Everything I hate
You are the hope I have for change

…
I'm standing on the edge of me…

I'm on fire when You're near me
And I'm on fire when You speak
And I'm on fire burning at these
Mysteries…

                                               On Fire
                                    Songwriters: Foreman, Jonathan; Victor, Daniel; 

I am a big Switchfoot fan, but I just found this song.

I think it is absolutely beautiful.  Close your eyes and just listen.

 

On Fire