boat song

love.

If you were a boat, my darling

A boat, my darling

I'd be the wind at your back

If you were afraid, my darling

Afraid, my darling

I'd be the courage you lack

If you were a bird, then I'd be a tree

And you would come home, my darling, to me

If you were asleep, then I'd be a dream

Wherever you are, that's where my heart will be

Oh, do you know we belong together?

Oh, do you know my heart is yours?

If you were the ocean, I'd be the sand

If you were a song, I'd be the band

If you were the stars, then I'd be the moon

A light in the dark, my darling, for you

Oh, do you know we belong together?

Oh, do you know my heart is yours?

Oh, do you know we belong together?

Oh, do you know my heart is yours?

Oh, do you know we belong together?

Oh, do you know my heart is yours?

- JJ Heller

before the morning

And hold on cause there’s good for those who love God
But life is not a snapshot
It might take a little time but you’ll see the bigger picture

hold me together

LOVE Royal Tailor.

manifesto

Listen to this one loud.

We believe in the one true God
We believe in Father Spirit Son
We believe that good has won

And all of the people of God sang along

Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen

We are free He died and lives again
We will be a people free from sin
We'll be free a kingdom with no end

And all of the people of God sang along

Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen


Our father who art in Heaven, hallowed by thy name
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who have trespassed against us
Lord lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom, power and the glory forever

We’re singing –
Amen
Amen, yeah
Amen
Amen, yeah
Amen
Amen, yeah, yeah.

beloved

Love of my life

Look deep in my eyes

There you will find what you need

Give me your life

The lust and the lies

The past you're afraid I might see

You've been running away from me (yeah)

You're my beloved

Lover I'm yours

Death shall not part us

It's you I died for

For better or worse

Forever we'll be

Our Love it unites us

And it binds you to me

It's a mystery

Love of my life

Look deep in my eyes

There you will find what you need

I'm the giver of life

I'll clothe you in white

My immaculate bride you will be

Oh come running home to me yeah now

You're my beloved

Lover I'm yours

and Death shall not part us

It's you I died for

For better or worse

Forever we'll be

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Our Love it unites us

and it binds you to me yeah now, now

Well you've been a mistress, my wife

Chasin' lovers it won't satisfy

Won't you let me make you my bride

You will drink of my lips

And you'll taste new life

You're my beloved

Lover I'm yours

Death shall not part us

It's you I died for

For better or worse

Forever we'll be (forever we'll be)

Our Love it unites us

And it binds you to me

It's a mystery

it's my party

Well, it's my birthday. I thought I'd let you all celebrate with me with this video. My dad sings this to me every.single.year. since I was born. You're welcome.

g.o.s.p.e.l.

G.O.S.P.E.L. from Humble Beast Records on Vimeo.

blessed

Blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be Your name

You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your name 

this is the stuff

45 in a 35
Sirens and fines 
while I'm running behind...

This may or may not describe a typical day in my life. Just sayin' ;)

hero

He walked the dirty streets. Famous for nothing.
He said “come follow me” and they came.
A face like all the rest.
But something was different.
The Son of God would lead the way.
And soon they all would say.

There He goes - a hero.
A savior to the world.
Here He stands with scars in His hands.
With love He gave His life so we could be free.
The Savior of the world.

He spoke with clarity.
Walked across the sea.
A single word would calm the storm.
His touch could heal the sick
but He was called a hypocrite.
Laid behind the stone.
His death was shortly mourned
He left the curtain torn.

There He goes - a hero.
A savior to the world.
Here He stands with scars in His hands.
With love he gave His life so we could be free.
The Savior of the world.

He choose to take the cross.
Shed tears for the lost
the broken and the needy.
Forgiving those who were and will be.
The angel made it clear.
He told them have no fear.
He’s not here. He’s not here!

There He goes - The Hero.
The Savior to the world.
Here He stands with scars in His hands.
With love He gave his life so we could be free.
The Savior of the world.
The Savior of the world.
The Savior of the world.

- Abandon 

depraved indifference

I just saw this video on Linny's blog...I know I steal from her a lot but her heart is for the orphan and so is mine! Please take 8 minutes of your days and watch this...

greater than the universe

I love John Piper.

waiting room

No commentary needed on this one folks...it's all explained in black and white.

undone

Come undone
Surrender is stronger

songs of christmas

Every year there are a few Christmas songs that I can't wait to hear...like this one:



or this one (which I actually got to see TSO in person two years ago!):



Then there are the ones Eric and I joke about, like Christmas Shoes. Not that it isn't a great song, it is! But when you hear it 9000 times in one hour it gets a little old. We always say it's not Christmas until we hear it! Basically it's a topic of conversation in our household.

So what about you? Your favorite Christmas songs? Your favorite jokeaboutaserioussongbecauseit'soverplayed song? Are you sick of Christmas music yet or just getting started?

what love really means

He cries in the corner where nobody sees 
He’s the kid with the story no one would believe
He prays every night, “Dear God won’t you please... 
Could you send someone here who will love me?”

- JJ Heller

the wonder

I hope I never lose the impact that the cross has had on my life. I hope I never forget that Jesus DIED for my filthy rotten sinful self.

lead me

I mentioned earlier that I think the Christian church is seriously lacking in strong male leaders, particularly in the husband department. Below is a song by Sanctus Real singing about just that. The other video is the story about the song. Couples are going to go through hard times, it's how we deal with our problems in marriage that either makes a marriage flourish or fail. Husbands are called to be the head of the home spiritually.

"Yet your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you." - Genesis 3:16b

"When it says, 'Your desire shall be for your husband,' it means that when sin has the upper hand in woman she will desire to overpower or subdue or exploit man. And when sin has the upper hand in man he will respond in like manner and with his strength subdue her, or rule over her." - John Piper (Manhood and Womanhood: Confusion After the Fall)

I don't think it could be more clearly spelled out for us than in Ephesians...

"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body. "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband." - Ephesians 5:25-33

 Men, this is big calling, and I don't envy you at all for this. Which is why I am a woman ;)



The story behind the song (the full story here, but I can't embed it):

you can have me

If I saw You on the street
And You said come and follow me
But I had to give up everything
All I once held dear and all of my dreams

Would I love You enough to let go
Or would my love run dry
When You asked for my life

When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
You can have me

If You’re all You claim to be
Then I’m not losing anything
So I will crawl upon my knees
Just to know the joy of suffering

I will love You enough to let go
Lord, I give you my life
I give you my life

When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
You can have me

I want to be where You are
I’m running into Your arms
And I will never look back
So Jesus, here is my heart

When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
You can have me

When did love become unmoving?
When did love become unconsuming?
Forgetting what the world has told me
Father of love, You can have me
My Father, my love
You can have me

he is LORD

"'Tis at the cross of Christ
Where earth and heaven meet
Where sin is overcome
To God the victory"

I always think that there is Earth, then a million miles away there is Heaven. They are two separate and distinct places. One I live in now, the other I will live in forever. But they aren't as distinct as my mind makes them out to be. 

They meet.

They come together.

They fuse. 

The gap is bridged. 

It all happens at the cross. The cross of Jesus Christ is the only reason that one day I will walk from darkness into eternal light (Acts 26:18). It's the only way I will enter the gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise (Psalm 100:4). It's the only way I can enter the small gate at the end of the narrow road (Matthew 7:14).

He is the only way. 

Heaven and Earth, they meet. They are closely linked. You can almost reach out and touch Heaven. It's like we (Earth) are on the outside looking in (Heaven). We can see it, we know what is there, what waits for us. The only thing separating us from it is window/door, and all we have to do it knock and the door will be opened (Matthew 7:7). We will be changed from glory to glory (2 Corinthians 3:18)!

"Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." - John 14:6