Because Other People Have Said it Better...
There are some amazing songs out there, some of them that have fit me perfectly. Some of them just have a beautiful arangement of words, and so in this blog I want to celebrate these people and the words instead of mine. because some people have just said it better...
"I don't have a line of prospects that can give some kind of peace
There is nothing left to cling to that can bring me sweet release
I have no fear of drowning
It's the breathing that's taking all this work"
-"Work" by Jars of Clay
"Baby, don't you cry, 'cause I got it all figured out
You always make me sad
But that's what true love is all about
Rivers never fill the oceans
But oceans always feel
The waters reaching deep inside them
I guess they always will"
-"Mirrors and Smoke" by Jars of Clay
"More and more I need you now,
I owe you more each passing hour
The battle between grace and pride
I gave up not so long ago
So steal my heart and take the pain
And wash the feet and cleanse my pride
Take the selfish, take the weak,
And all the things I cannot hide
Take the beauty, take my tears
The sin and soaked heart and make it yours
Take my world all apart "
-"World's Apart" by Jars of Clay
"You never minded giving us the stars
Then showing us how blind and unaware of You we are
You painted me a picture and showed me how to see
Though I just won't behold it
Unless it pertains to me..."
-"Unforgettful You" by Jars of Clay
*There are lots more Jars of Clay lyrics that I love, but I can't put them all here so I am switching bands now.
"This is gonna bring me clarity
This'll take the heart right out of me
She is everything I need that I never knew I wanted
She is everything I want that I never knew I needed "
-"She Is" by The Fray ....what almost every girl wants to hear
"It's hard I must confess
I'm banking on the rest to clear away
Cause we have spoken everything
Everything short of I love you
You right where you are, from right where I am
Somewhere between unsure and a hundred
And who's to say it's wrong
And who's to say that it's not right
Where we should be for now"
-"Hundred" by The Fray
"If I say who I know it just goes to show
You need me less than I need you
But take it from me we don't give sympathy
You can trust me trust nobody
But I said you and me we don't have honesty
The things we don't want to speak
I'll try to get out but I never will
This traffic is perfectly still "
"Trust Me" by The Fray
"O, and when the love splills over,
And music fills the night,
And when you can't contain your joy inside... then
Dance for Jesus,
Dance for Jesus,
Dance for Jesus and live,"
-"Untitled Hymn" by Chris Rice
Ok, that's all for now, but i might add more later. Oh, and I know this might have only been fun for me, but well, it's my blog :)
rain :)
Contrary to most people, I like the rain. Ok, i really don't like the bottom of my jeans getting wet and making me cold, but other than that, I like the rain. It's refreshing and calming. And there's something about rain at my house that I think is beautiful. Right now, I'm sitting in my kitchen. From my kitchen, I can see a section of the lake, the whole pond, and the creek. Oh, and lots of trees. I think my yard is great in the sunshine too, but there's something different about the rain. Very rarely do you see sunshine hitting the ground. You can see the color from the sunshine but except for those few occasions where you can clearly see rain, you can't see the sunshine hitting the ground. Things seem infinite, like everything goes on forever because the sunshine extends. (This is kind of hard to explain, and may not make sense to anyone but me, but I'm trying.) With the rain you see it hitting the ground. Right now I see the rain bouncing off leaves, dripping in the lake, pond, and creek, causing the creek to grow, splashing on the deck, puddling up on the ground. But because I see it here, I can't see it in other places. It doesn't seem infinite. Our plot of land seems enclosed and peaceful. Like, maybe today, all my problems that extend farther than this plot of land can't touch me. I know this isn't true, but it's a soothing feeling.
Rain is also something that is very cleansing. For example, Little Car (for those of you that don't know, that's my Honda) is very nice and shiny today. All the dirt has been washed away. Water gives physical life, and right now, everything outside is getting a little bit of life. Our pond is full, and our creek is steadily flowing, which living in Spartanburg, SC (we've been experiencing a drought on and off for about the past decade) is not always a common site. I'll be honest, I've not been in the best mood the past couple of days. I'm stressed and have had to deal with situations that I don't want to deal with. But somehow, water droplets falling from the sky just make me happy.
Rain also reminds me of love. God knows that I love the rain. God knows that I am amazed by the rain. (I mean really, could you have thought up of a way to irrigate the whole earth and keep it so that humans can still for the most part function normally? I didn't think so) God knows that I needed something to remind me of love. Lately I've tried to be so logical and analytical. I've tried to make sense for people and help people make sense of things. (Which is possibly why this blog makes no sense...I have none left.) I've tried to solve things logically and it hasn't worked. People have misunderstood me because of it, and i've tried to make things right but I've just kept making them worse with my "logic." It's hurt some of my closest friendships which has devastated me. I'm pretty sure that they'll be ok, but it's sad when I can't even focus on God at church because I'm too busy trying to figure out how I'm going to fix these friendships. All that to say, God loves me. And he knew that I needed something as simple and beautiful as the rain. Isn't he amazing? That is all. Sorry it didn't make sense :)
